Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 653
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 large poem.
For this week's prompt, write a large poem. Large t-shirt, large-sized fries, large and in charge. If you have a large idea, I hope you'll run with it 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 Large Poem:
“in a world you think you understand,” by Robert Lee Brewer
we blew kisses to the crying cooks
& looked along the dayton skyline
for a large-hearted boy running
the lethargy from what he made
on the tundra while holding dear
to the steering wheel of every
rockstar flipping stations off &
onward & never failing to amaze
the face that used to cry into
another sunset we meant to leave
(Note on poem: Just want to give credit to Guided By Voices and my favorite GBV album Propeller, which inspired today's poem.)
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.
