Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 669
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a stirring poem.
For this week's prompt, write a stirring poem. Your concept of stirring could be like stirring ingredients in a bowl, or it could be a stirring in your soul. Of course, you could also write a poem about the lack of stirring, like in an abandoned house (or my brain on most Friday afternoons).
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 Stirring Poem:
“Rise and Shine,” by Robert Lee Brewer
Most mornings, I admit,
I am the first to stir,
but it's not to show off
or have you call me, "Sir."
Rather, I must declare,
I find this time appeals
to my sense of silence
and introverted feels.
Though often, I confess,
it may seem almost worst,
my sleepy eyes are worth
the gift of waking first.
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.
