Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 645
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 push poem.
Today, I'm starting a new writing challenge: the 10-day 2023 Character-Building Challenge. So if you're interested in creating some characters for future stories, feel encouraged to play along over there for the first 10 days of March.
For this week's prompt, write a push poem. The poem could be about a push pin or a red button to push (or not to push). Of course, people constantly push the limits and push things (like shopping carts) and people (like in mosh pits) around. And my favorite might be this Salt-N-Pepa classic: "Push It."
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
Note on commenting: If you wish to comment on the site, go to Disqus to create a free new account, verify your account on this site below (one-time thing), and then comment away. It's free, easy, and the comments (for the most part) don't require manual approval (though I check from time to time for those that do).
*****
Write a poem every single day of the year with Robert Lee Brewer's Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming. After sharing more than a thousand prompts and prompting thousands of poems for more than a decade, Brewer picked 365 of his favorite poetry prompts here.
*****
Here’s my attempt at a Push Poem:
“pushy,” by Robert Lee Brewer
when push comes to shove
i want none of the above
because i love don't fight
and want all to be right
but when push comes to shove
most forget about love
even though it's not right
they descend into fights
so when push comes to shove
please don't abandon love
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.
