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Writing Prompt:
Write a poem from the perspective of an inanimate object

Courtesy of Me

Writing Prompt:
Comment on the quote "All poetry begins at 3 am, and doesn't let you go until 5 or 6."

Flarf Poetry

Prompt:
Write a flarf poem.

Change of Pace

Prompt:
This week I challenge you to write in a different format than what you normally use. Normally write on the computer? Try pen and paper. Normally write in pencil? Try a pen in a fancy color. Whatever you do, don't allow the different medium to stop you from writing. The point is to see how the change affects your writing- not in a "oh this is uncomfortable" manner, but do you think differently? Do you use different vocabulary? Do you write slower, or faster? Do you deliberate over each word, or does it flow more naturally? Do you write in a different tone, or in a different mood? Does your character/ theme/plot change with the format?

Festival Week #3

Prompt:
Write about a childhood memory at a carnival or festival. Stick to what you remember, then re-write the piece later with more fictionalized embellishments. What did you tweak? Why? What did it add to your piece?

Defy Boundaries

Prompt:
Write a poem/song about unrequited love from the perspective of an 50+ person. (Can be the object of the love, or the person who loved, or an observer, or whoever! Have fun)

Switch It Up

Prompt:
Re-write the words of your favorite song into a poem. Now, can you do it backwards-- rewrite your favorite poem into a song? What about your favorite quote from a novel or short story?

One Liners

Prompt:
Create a piece beginning with this phrase:
"I was the last man home..."

Personal Preference

Prompt:
Recall your least favorite literary character, the one you love to hate. Now, write a sympathetic piece in which they are the main character.

Opposite Thinking

Prompt:
I have a habit of writing with women as my main characters, and rarely focus specifically on the other gender. So now... write an piece about what it's like to be the opposite sex. It can be about any profession, any age, etc; and it can be from first person POV or thrid person POV, but it has to be about living life as a (male or female) and "typical (male or female)" experiences.

Dreams

Prompt:
Have you ever had a reoccurring dream? If you have, you know how bizarre it is to focus on a single or single set of images that reoccur multiple nights in a row. Write a piece in which you describe your reoccurring dream, or create a story/poem/song, etc in which another character experiences this phenomena. Describe the dream in detail- it can be a nightmare, or something funny, or something really bizarre (I have been dreaming that all my hair dye washes out, and I am left with gray hair!)