Category Archives: Poetry Prompts

Poetry Wednesdays

Your topic is: growing tomatoes. Your form is: Write a 8 line poem (divide into 2 stanzas of unequal lines) without using the word “red”.

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Poetry Wednesdays

Your topic is: the Zombie War of 2026 Your form is: Write a 12 line poem (divide into stanzas or not) and include one plural within each line.

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Poetry Wednesdays

For the poetry writers. Your topic is: racing through town. Your form is: conversational poem, 3 stanzas, have the person who starts the conversation end it.

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Poetry Wednesdays

For the poetry writers. Your topic is: running a marathon Your form is: haiku Form layout: Line One – Five Syllables Line Two – Seven Syllables Line Three – Five Syllables

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Poetry Wednesdays

Your topic is: flying back home to see a loved one. Your form is: Villanelle.

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Poetry Wednesday

Your topic is: a young boy’s love for Peggy, Megan and Louise. Your form is: Ballad

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Poetry Wednesdays

Your topic is: the sorrow of a broken heel. Your form is: Villanelle.

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Poetry Wednesdays

Your topic is: caught in the rain. Your form is: Waltz Wave.

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Poetry Wednesdays

Your topic: green fingers. Your form: five Pantoum stanzas.

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Poetry Wednesdays

Your topic: the woman in the red ruffled dress. Your form: three Pantoum stanzas.

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Poetry Wednesdays

Your topic is: Peggy’s Cove Your form is: Villanelle

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Poetry Wednesdays

Your topic: circulation. Your form: ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****

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Poetry Wednesdays

Your topic: mornings with a loved one. Your form: thirteen lines — using a number or referring to a number on each line.

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