below, you will see some prompts that i have collected to get the thinking flowing and the creative juices, juicing. some are maybe original? some are passed on from poetry classes? regardless, i hope these prompts can inspire you to create! if you do use one of these prompts, and are open to sharing your writing, i would love to see what you create.
- 3 stanzas of 3 lines, with each line being 3 syllables (see: tri-cube poem above)
- take a word you find interesting and use it like a touchstone (see: semantic satiation above, hinging on the word spelunking)
- start with a phrase (like, when i *insert verb*...) and play with associations that follow (see: when i swim... above)
- take a word that you like the sound of and try to discover a word or phrase in it. be willing to go for some nonsense (see: word sounds above)