I've been posting prompts on my Twitter all month long to help folks celebrate NPM 2014. This is a list of all of the prompts from 4/1/14 - 4/21/14...296 prompts so far! If you can't get a poem out of 296 random ideas/puns/observations/witticisms, then you're the problem.

#poetryprompt We're gonna’ need a bigger float
#poetryprompt Where all of the ( Read more... )

Happy National Poetry Month!
Are you trying to write poems this month? Looking for a few choice prompts?
I've been posting multiple prompts per day on my Twitter, but these are the 119 (about 17 per day avg.) I've posted as of 4/7/14 at 2:00 PM. Have at! (But don't steal my shit for your buster-ass workshops, yo. Credit where credit is due ( Read more... )

I have had a few requests that went something like "Hey, do you have someplace you keep writing prompts?" and I'm like, "Yeah, in my workshops, which you can pay for." Having good prompts is a writer’s workshop gold, so don't “borrow” mine without credit. It's why my workshops are worth the charge of admission. As I do post them publicly from time ( Read more... )

#33
Write a poem:
About the thing that someone is missing because their flight has been canceled at the last minute.

#34
Write a poem:
About the ringtone from your lover's phone that you don't recognize...or that you do, but didn't expect to hear again.

#35 
Write a poem:
Using the words "blame", "effortless", "ranger", "despot" and "swirl".

#36
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#31
Write a poem:
About urban "crop circles"...and what they might mean

#32
Write a poem with the first line:
"I keep going back to the funny parts:"

Team:
As you race to the finish line, I increase the number of required poems: one to make up for yesterday's absence, 3 for today, plus one extra credit.

#27:
Write a poem about:
Missing a stop on a train/bus and ending up somewhere entirely different than you expected to.
Note: Feel free to change the vehicle, which might change any number of other ( Read more... )

Since the exercises will stop being posted here at the end of the month, let's go out with a bang, yes?

I usually start a workshop with the following exercise, but now's as good a time as any to really amp up the difficulty rating.  A good place to do this one is in the first page of your notebook or journal if you write that way.

List the ( Read more... )

Write a poem containing the words:

"gallery", "piecemeal", "belt" and "submission".

and

Write a poem containing the words:

"lodge", "remember", "sandlot" and "record".

Write:

A poem about nature that does not mention animals or trees.

Write a poem that is:

A prayer to a god not your own.