Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 694
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a possibilities poem.
For this week's prompt, write a possibilities poem. Write a poem about things that are possible, even if not likely. Or write a poem about things that aren't possible that you wish were. Or write a poem about things that are likely, but for whatever reason are impossible. Only you know what is possible with this one.
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 Possibilities Poem:
“What's Possible,” by Robert Lee Brewer
When I was young, I didn't think
in terms of probabilities. There
were things that were possible
and those things that were not.
I thought a lot about what was
most of the time. I would write
it down, but when I was let down
time after time, I suppose I found
my way into the haunted forest
of probabilities, and it's easy
to see the chances narrowing
before my eyes of all the things
I once thought possible, and I
would not be called a fool to lose
my faith, but I can't seem to give
up on what's possible. In my mind,
even today, I fight against what's
probable and think of possible,
because it's the only thing I
could possibly think to do.
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.
