Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 695
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a bittersweet poem.
For this week's prompt, write a bittersweet poem. A bittersweet poem is one that has some sort of ratio of happy and sad in it. Or at least, that's my interpretation. You may have your own bittersweet interpretation, and if so, you should follow that voice.
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 Bittersweet Poem:
“Driving Home From the Reunion,” by Robert Lee Brewer
He smiled at everything they said
late into the nostalgic night,
still rotating throughout his head,
remembering all that they said
about the living and the dead
who couldn't make it out tonight;
still, they said everything they said
until the next nostalgic night.
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.
