Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 694
For this week’s prompt, write a possibilities poem. Write a poem about things that are possible, even if not likely. Or write a poem about things that aren’t possible that you wish were. Or write a poem about things that are likely, but for whatever reason are impossible. Only you know what is possible with this one.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Here’s my attempt at a Possibilities Poem:
“What’s Possible,” by Robert Lee Brewer
When I was young, I didn’t think
in terms of probabilities. There
were things that were possible
and those things that were not.
I thought a lot about what was
most of the time. I would write
it down, but when I was let down
time after time, I suppose I found
my way into the haunted forest
of probabilities, and it’s easy
to see the chances narrowing
before my eyes of all the things
I once thought possible, and I
would not be called a fool to lose
my faith, but I can’t seem to give
up on what’s possible. In my mind,
even today, I fight against what’s
probable and think of possible,
because it’s the only thing I
could possibly think to do.