Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 623
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write a combo poem.
For this week's prompt, write a combo poem. Combo, of course, is short for combination, and there's any number of possible combinations you can write about for this prompt. My mind often strays to food first, and the opportunities for combos are plentiful there. But there are also good, bad, funny, and scary combos for relationships, movie casts, house pets, book recommendations, and so on and so forth. Have fun experimenting with your own combos this week.
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 a Combo Poem:
“pb&j,” by Robert Lee Brewer
he asked her favorite sandwich
and she responded "pb&j"
he asked what she'd like with it
and she said "a little mayonaise"
he then asked "what did you say"
and she said "it keeps the spicy low"
"what kind of pb&j"
"peanut butter and jalapeno"
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.
