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For today’s prompt, write an invention poem. The poem could be about inventing something that doesn't yet exist, which sounds like a lot of fun. Or you could write about an invention that already exists. Of course, you could also write about the inventor(s) and/or any other interpretation you can invent.

Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.

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Here’s my attempt at an Invention Poem:

"Necessity"

i miss the luxury of a phone booth
the texture of a card catalog
a grandfather clock counting the seconds
until my next desire inspires my pen
depositing words like ash on the page
my ashtray my crutch collecting my worry

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Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.