Tag: Poetry
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Daily Prompt #27
Sunday Verse! Another writing prompt to exercise your poetry pen. For today’s prompt, we will draw inspiration from the weather. It’s been a bit of a strange winter here in Chicago. Can’t seem to decide if it wants to be cold or not. What’s Your Season? Think of your favorite season. Now your least favorite.…
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Daily Prompt #26
Welcome back to Saturday Workshop! Remember our Workshop Best Practices, and please participate and have fun! For this week, we’ll go back to poetry for our workshop. We will also turn again to the pages of Imaginative Writing. Try This 3.14 “An ode is a serious, meditative lyric poem that treats a noble subject in…
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Thoughts About “Hologram”
In the poem “Hologram,” Lauren Westerfield makes use of a variety of different forms of repetition. Anaphora, in particular, is one form of repetition she utilizes consistently. Each section of this four section poem has its own anaphora, with the third section having two (though it can perhaps be argued that the second is not,…
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Recommended Reading
One of my favorite things to do is recommend reading. Books, journals, authors, individual pieces. If a friend asks me for a recommendation, they will often receive a list. So here’s my list for you! I’ve separated my list into five sections, and limited myself to only a few of each, else I’d go on…
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Daily Prompt #20
It’s time again for some Sunday Verse! Are you feeling poetic? For today’s prompt, we’re going to do something called a Golden Shovel poem. This set of poetic rules was invented by the poet Terrence Hayes, and inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks. The original golden shovel is The Golden Shovel, after We Real Cool. The Rules…
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Daily Prompt #15
Two weeks together already! This Tuesday Chooseday marks the beginning of our third week, and the end of the month of January. Thanks to all of you who have already joined me on this journey, and welcome to any new additions! Tuesday Choosedays are all about wide-open prompts that you can respond to however you…
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Daily Prompt #12
Welcome to our second Saturday Workshop! Since we did fiction last week, let’s do poetry this week! Remember to keep in mind our Workshop Best Practices as you approach commenting on each others’ work. As always, you are encouraged to include your responses to any daily prompt in the comments, but I will only guarantee…
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Daily Prompt #8
Another Tuesday Chooseday! Again, that means you choose what genre you use to respond to this prompt—fiction, poetry, non-fiction, or some combination thereof. As always, please feel free to include your response in the comments! Characters Via Objects For today’s prompt, think of a small, sentimentally precious object. If you are doing non-fiction, pick some…
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