Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 674
For this week’s prompt, write a secret poem. The poem could deliver a secret, conceal a secret, or itself be secretive (or elusive). If you want to share a secret, drop your poem in the comments below. If you want to keep a secret, maybe we’ll keep it with you.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Write a poem every single day of the year with Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming. After sharing more than a thousand prompts and prompting thousands of poems for more than a decade, Brewer picked 365 of his favorite poetry prompts here.
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Here’s my attempt at a Secret Poem:
“don’t tell me,” by Robert Lee Brewer
i tried to keep a secret but
you know i always ever fail
so don’t bother asking me what
i tried to keep a secret but
you know i always spill my guts
when i have a good tale to tell
meaning to keep a secret but
you know i always ever fail