Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 696
For this week’s prompt, write a wind poem. Since wind is a homograph, you may automatically have unique ideas about what a wind poem is. Wind could be a breeze that blows in from the north, or wind could refer to something you do with one of those old-fashioned timers that you wind up. Whichever wind is on your mind, write it this week.
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 Wind Poem:
“The Wind Always Winds Me Up,” by Robert Lee Brewer
Further along the long and winding road,
you will find a timer counting out time
one tick at a time as the howling wind
prowls the periphery of what could or
could not be, moments fading bitterly
into the evening that captures us all,
remembering the voice that never called,
remembering the night that could’ve been,
remembering the where, the why, and when.