Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 654
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 sensitive poem.
For this week's prompt, write a sensitive poem. Of course, sensitive can refer to many different things. A sensitive person may be a nice person, but also maybe a little overly emotional as far as bad reactions (and overreactions). There can be sensitive tools and equipment which may be very good at picking up signals and/or difficult to control (because of their sensitivity).
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 Sensitive Poem:
“our sensitive cat,” by Robert Lee Brewer
autumn jumps when the wind blows
or something falls over in the shed
some bump in the night or cellar
crickets spook autumn and fireflies
flashing signals across the lawn
do nothing to soothe her nerves
but if a mouse or lizard thinks
they have a chance of sneaking
past autumn for this very reason
they'll never see another season
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.
