Last month, April, was National Poetry Month. At the start of the month, several websites post a Poetry Challenge. I'm posting a copy of one here.
Now some of you might not want to write poetry. If you want to write a nonfiction piece (a personal narrative or essay) or a story for this assignment, that's fine! Just try out ONE or more (for extra credit) of these PROMPTS during the week and upload it to Google Classroom.
REMEMBER: Poems use lines and stanzas, not paragraphs! Poems do not have to rhyme! Lines do not have to start with a capital letter! check out poems on poets.org
Here is a famous example:
This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
Stay well! Keep reading and writing!
30 POETRY PROMPTS
1. Write a haiku about early mornings.
2. Where is home to you? Tell about a location or people you feel the most
comfortable around. Paint a picture with words, capture what you see and feel.
comfortable around. Paint a picture with words, capture what you see and feel.
3. Mimic a poem after one of your favorites, following punctuation and line breaks,
but surrounding an original idea.
but surrounding an original idea.
4. Describe a time when you were in nature and felt a connection with the earth.
Write about your environment and how it moved you.
Write about your environment and how it moved you.
5. Describe your favorite pair of shoes. Tell a story about the places it’s been.
6. Write a poem from you pet’s perspective. If you don’t have a pet, choose your
favorite animal.
favorite animal.
7. Write about a place that you have traveled to that you absolutely fell in love with.
Describe the place and why you enjoyed being there so much.
Describe the place and why you enjoyed being there so much.
8. If love were a recipe, what would be the top 3 essential ingredients?
9. What is the universal meaning of Spring?
10. Describe a desert. What are the flavors? Does the taste remind you of something
from your past?
from your past?
11. Take the third line from your last 14 text messages sent and arrange them into a
contemporary sonnet.
contemporary sonnet.
12. Write about the seasons as if they were people. How do they feel?
13. Pick something in your life that you are grateful for. Write about how fortunate
you are to have that thing in your life and why.
you are to have that thing in your life and why.
14. Think about a time when you have harmed someone. Write them a poem
apologizing.
apologizing.
15. Use vivid imagery to write about a tree in a forest. Describe what the environment
feels like, the colors, the scent of the leaves.
feels like, the colors, the scent of the leaves.
16. Think about the outdoors after it rains. Place yourself in the setting and describe
what it's like.
what it's like.
17. Find a friend. Write a collaborative poem that is at least 12 lines. Take turns by
having one person write a line, then switch until you feel it is complete.
having one person write a line, then switch until you feel it is complete.
18. Listen to your favorite song and use it as a foundation of rhythm and flow to create
a contemporary poem. Only write while listening to the track.
a contemporary poem. Only write while listening to the track.
19. Write about a textile in your home and the character it brings to the space.
20. Turn your phone off for the day and every time you have an urge to check it, write
a line until you feel a poem is finished.
a line until you feel a poem is finished.
21. 21 Questions. Write a poem using only questions (21 to be exact) about a feeling,
person, or topic you would like to know more about.
person, or topic you would like to know more about.
22. Write a poem that takes readers through a week in your life. Embrace the mundane,
the excitement, and everything in between.
the excitement, and everything in between.
23. Choose an inanimate object. Write from its point of view. Have it questions its purpose
and the meaning of existence.
and the meaning of existence.
24. Think about a person you have lost that meant a great deal to you. Try as best you can
to write about what they mean to you.
to write about what they mean to you.
25. Write a poem about your most vivid memory last summer. Describe as many details
as possible and how you felt.
as possible and how you felt.
26. What is one thing you cannot go too long without? Write about something you cannot
give up no matter how hard you try.
give up no matter how hard you try.
27. Observe or research a flower or plant and use it as a metaphor, or subject, of your
poem.
poem.
28. Sit in a coffee shop and write what you see.
29. Who is your favorite poet? What would you tell them if you had a chance to meet
them? Write a poem about what you would say.
them? Write a poem about what you would say.
30. Find a contest online with a specific theme or guidelines and write a poem specifically
for it.
for it.
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