Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 733
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a lost poem.
For this week's prompt, write a lost poem. A person can lose a sock or their keys, but they can also lose themselves in a song...or a moment...or a poem. Maybe you get lost in your emotions, or even lose some weight (or fear). However, you get lost, write a poem about it.
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 Lost Poem:
“Following the Road,” by Robert Lee Brewer
As a boy, I learned to follow the road,
and there'd be no way for me to get lost,
because my destination would unfold
with each passing mile on the open road
turning left, right, or even around. Hold
what you have found no matter what it costs,
and if you manage to follow the road,
you will find yourself and never be lost.
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.
