The 7-Minute Poetry Challenge
Poetry Prompts
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Poetry Challenge #131
Sometimes it’s fun to mine your writing for gems. These gems can become a take-off point for a new poem or story.
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Poetry Challenge #130
You know the adage: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away?” Today, in honor of a guy who must have had a phobia about…
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Poetry Challenge #129
?$&@! No, that’s not swearing. It’s punctuation and symbols that tell us something. Grammar!
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Poetry Prompt #128
Take out your wand! Your pixie dust! Magic beans! Spinning wheel! Dust off that big ole pumpkin! Hurrah!
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Poetry Challenge #126
Happy Valentine’s Day! Ever since St. Valentine defied Emperor Claudius II of Rome’s orders by secretly marrying couples…
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Poetry Challenge #124
Many forms of poetry are like puzzles—you try to fit the right words into a certain order or have the right number of…
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Poetry Challenge #121
In the midst of cold-flu-ick-crud season, everyone’s trying to stay germ free.
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Poetry Challenge #120
At the beginning of the new year, everyone seems to have the best intentions.
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Poetry Challenge #119
“Tis the hap happiest season of all,” the song goes. And so it is this year as Christmas (Dec.
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Poetry Challenge #118
In a few days, it will be the shortest day of the year. That day will have the least amount of daylight. The good news?
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Poetry Challenge #117
Every day is a special day. My friend and co-contributor, Kelly Bennett, finds all kinds of calendars that tell you what…
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Poetry Challenge #116
Writing from a prompt pushes you to write fast and helps you free your mind.
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Poetry Challenge #115
Think “knitting” and an image of the “quiet old lady whispering ‘hush’” springs to many a mind. But that’s bunk.
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Poetry Challenge #114
User Error is such a useful term. At one and the same time it blames and forgives: “Yes, I did it, but it wasn’t my fault.”
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Poetry Challenge #109
I love dictionaries! It’s an excellent way to procrastinate . . . and expand one’s vocabulary—always a good thing.
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