Saturday, October 5, 2024
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Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 678

For this week’s prompt, write a winter poem. It’s that time of year again. The days are short; the wind is cold; and many stores are packed and playing a specific type of music. So it’s a great time to write about winter, including the frigid months yet to come.

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 Winter Poem:

“cold front,” by Robert Lee Brewer

he stands outside the store
& realizes he didn’t pay
attention to where he parked
on the way in & so many cars
have the same shape & paint job
& empty shopping carts
are pushed through the lot
by the anxious wind