Monday, July 1, 2024
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Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 684

For this week’s prompt, write a joyful poem. Last week, we were tasked with writing a solemn poem; so, let’s swing it back the other way this week.

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 Joyful Poem:

“all the way home,” by Robert Lee Brewer

his smile fit him in such a natural way
you’d think it was a permanent feature
and it would never leave him again