Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 709
For this week’s prompt, take the phrase “You’re So (blank),” replace the blank with a new word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: “You’re So Cold,” “You’re So Cool,” “You’re So So,” “You’re So Close to the Edge of the Cliff,” and/or “You’re So Much Nicer Than I Thought You’d Be in Person.”
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 You’re So Blank Poem:
“you’re so meh,” by Robert Lee Brewer
“you’re so meh,”
she said to me,
& i can’t deny
meh is who i be.
i find a corner
& then dissolve
like salt in water
i can’t evolve.
maybe one day
i’ll find i’m fire,
but today i find
i have no desire
to be the one
with all attentions;
instead, i harbor
meh intentions.