Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 672
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a return poem.
For this week's prompt, write a return poem. Perhaps, you return to a childhood home, school, or park. Maybe you return to your parent's house...or a favorite restaurant. Of course, you can also return books to a library or lawn tools to that nice neighbor who lent them to you ages ago.
And whenever I make line breaks in my poems, I hit the "return" key to do so. I'm sure there are many other ways to return, including waiting for someone or something to return.
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 Return Poem:
“chips,” by Robert Lee Brewer
every time i think that i'm done
i find myself alone with you
whether the times are tough or fun
every time i think that i'm done
i make another snack food run
for those potato crisps i chew
knowing i may never be done
emptying a large bag of you

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.