Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 683
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a solemn poem.
For this week's prompt, write a solemn poem. Your poem could be about a serious topic, or it could take place at a solemn event (like a funeral or some other official proceeding). Keep the poem solemn, or break the tension if you must.
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 Solemn Poem:
“waiting for the school bus,” by Robert Lee Brewer
all of us kept our eyes focused
straight out or pointed down
our faces silent & burning
like black holes of emotion
until andy turned his head
with that grin he always had
& he'd say something (anything)
that always broke the tension
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.
