Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 672
For this week’s prompt, write a return poem. Perhaps, you return to a childhood home, school, or park. Maybe you return to your parent’s house…or a favorite restaurant. Of course, you can also return books to a library or lawn tools to that nice neighbor who lent them to you ages ago.
And whenever I make line breaks in my poems, I hit the “return” key to do so. I’m sure there are many other ways to return, including waiting for someone or something to return.
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 Return Poem:
“chips,” by Robert Lee Brewer
every time i think that i’m done
i find myself alone with you
whether the times are tough or fun
every time i think that i’m done
i make another snack food run
for those potato crisps i chew
knowing i may never be done
emptying a large bag of you