Ashley Elizabeth

So, April is National Poetry month, and I am determined to write 30 poems in 30 days. Have I lost my mind? Probably, but nothing beats a try but a fail. It is Tuesday, April 11th, and I have only 8 poems I believe, so I’m already behind. Any advice, cheerleading, and/or favorite prompts in the comments below would be helpful. I am also going to include a list of my favorite prompts below, some of which I have used this year, some in previous years.

I will start to share a couple if I like them, but more often if I don’t like them.

Prompts I like/have done/plan to do:

• Start each statement with “I will” or “I want”
• Blackout poetry from old textbooks or papers
• Re-write a poem written when you first started writing.
• List poems. (I LOVE list poems even though I’m not necessarily successful at them)
• Portrait poems
• Let your pain write back to you
• Write about waiting
• Begin with “This is not the last poem I will write…”
• Write a love poem to someone without using any of these words: love, like, heart, passion, fire, desire, forever, roses, kiss, dream, moment, together, soul or baby.
• Write a poem that admits a dark secret of yours.
• Find one of your favorite recipes. Write a poem that utilizes some of the steps of that recipe.
• What did you say?
• Go to a place that means a lot to you & write about it
• If It Were To Be The Last Time or The Last Time
• The places you have left yourself
• Noisy beds
• Stories about scars or bruises
• “I have done this before and more.”

If I can think of more, I’ll add them, but if you think of any you’d like to see, leave a comment below!