Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 674
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a secret poem.
For this week's prompt, write a secret poem. The poem could deliver a secret, conceal a secret, or itself be secretive (or elusive). If you want to share a secret, drop your poem in the comments below. If you want to keep a secret, maybe we'll keep it with you.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Write a poem every single day of the year with Robert Lee Brewer's Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming. After sharing more than a thousand prompts and prompting thousands of poems for more than a decade, Brewer picked 365 of his favorite poetry prompts here.
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Here’s my attempt at a Secret Poem:
“don't tell me,” by Robert Lee Brewer
i tried to keep a secret but
you know i always ever fail
so don't bother asking me what
i tried to keep a secret but
you know i always spill my guts
when i have a good tale to tell
meaning to keep a secret but
you know i always ever fail
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.
