Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 665
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a portal poem.
For this week's prompt, write a portal poem. My first thought with portal is some swirly hole in the sky that will take me to another dimension, but portals are simply entrances. So a door can be a portal; a gate can be a portal; the opening to a cave could conceivably be a portal.
Also, any number of swirly holes in the sky or random objects could act as portals. So poem with portals 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 Portal Poem:
“muleta,” by Robert Lee Brewer
she opened the door
& i wandered through
sliding on the floor
as she bid adieu
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.
