once again, someone was neglectful, and i find myself sitting at the head of a creative writing class in poetry. that has me thinking about the series i started well over a year ago. i was asked and was attempting to provide some poetry prompts to would-be poets.
well, i have decided to add some more. those of you who were trying to follow them, please forgive my absense.
poetry prompts
1. submerge your head in cold water and sing your favorite country's anthem. once done, write three poems about political violence, take the poems to the center of your city/town/village and read them to whomever you find, and then take the poems and condense them into a single poem which you then send to the religious leaders of your faith (or to some faith you find yourself close to).
2. number a page 1 through 86. for each number, write a noun and a verb. cross out each third number. take the remaining numbers, nouns, and verbs and print them carefully on a public wall (i'd try it with a paint brush, but a marker would work). ask people who pass by what they think of the numbers, nouns, and verbs. make their responses into a poem.
3. take a poem written by your least favorite poet. reproduce it on a rolls of toilet paper. hand out the rolls to people at a poetry reading or literary event.
4. steal 14 pens from strangers and give them to a friend. have the friend write a poem. when he/she is finished, take his poem and rewrite it however you want. print 14 copies of the poem and hand them to 14 strangers.
well, i have decided to add some more. those of you who were trying to follow them, please forgive my absense.
poetry prompts
1. submerge your head in cold water and sing your favorite country's anthem. once done, write three poems about political violence, take the poems to the center of your city/town/village and read them to whomever you find, and then take the poems and condense them into a single poem which you then send to the religious leaders of your faith (or to some faith you find yourself close to).
2. number a page 1 through 86. for each number, write a noun and a verb. cross out each third number. take the remaining numbers, nouns, and verbs and print them carefully on a public wall (i'd try it with a paint brush, but a marker would work). ask people who pass by what they think of the numbers, nouns, and verbs. make their responses into a poem.
3. take a poem written by your least favorite poet. reproduce it on a rolls of toilet paper. hand out the rolls to people at a poetry reading or literary event.
4. steal 14 pens from strangers and give them to a friend. have the friend write a poem. when he/she is finished, take his poem and rewrite it however you want. print 14 copies of the poem and hand them to 14 strangers.
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