OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Fear of Trespass: Write your poem in the language of a police report in which the burglar or attacker was supernatural. I highly recommend reading Pasco police officers report DUI arrest in poem form (not supernatural) for inspiration. Here’s a resource on How to Write a Police Report. And here’sContinue reading “Oct. 18 Prompts: Fear of the Living Dead Trespasser”
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Oct. 17 Prompts: Phases of the Moon
It’s hard to believe we are already over halfway through the month and these challenges. Even if you’re just joining now, there’s still plenty of time to get some fun, spooky writing done and face your fears through your poems. Feel free to link up to any of the prompts so far as well asContinue reading “Oct. 17 Prompts: Phases of the Moon”
Oct. 16 Prompts: Sexy Blood Suckers
OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Fear of Fangs: Write a poem that includes being bit (by something or someone) and biting (something or someone). A Triple Tetractys might be fun with this prompt. Writober 2023 Today’s image prompt is a creepy find. Those creatures look like they could have fangs. Halloween Photography Challenge Please linkContinue reading “Oct. 16 Prompts: Sexy Blood Suckers”
Oct. 15 Prompts: Carving Scary Faces
OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Fear of Norms: Write a poem from the POV of a monster or your jack-o-lantern. What specifically does the monster fear? You may want to write it as a Bop. Here’s a bop I wrote for OctPoWriMo 2019: Crossing the threshold InsideFlannel pajamascovered in blanketsheating pad on my bellyalone in thoughtfulContinue reading “Oct. 15 Prompts: Carving Scary Faces”
Oct. 14 Prompts: Not in the Grave
OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Dream or Nightmare: Have you ever died in a dream, or woken up just before? Carefully describe such an image from a dream. Use that image to explore a specific fear. Writing a Nocturne seems like a good fit for this prompt. You may want to read Nocturne by LouiseContinue reading “Oct. 14 Prompts: Not in the Grave”
Oct. 13 Prompts: Stirring the Ashes
OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Fear of the known: Choose one of your questions from yesterday and use all of your imagination to answer it in a way that doesn’t frighten you. You may want to organize your answer in the Rispetto form. Here’s a rispetto I wrote in November 2017: The Mentor and MenteeContinue reading “Oct. 13 Prompts: Stirring the Ashes”
Oct. 12 Prompts: Pulling Back the Veil
OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Fear of the unknown: Write a poem made of questions to which you do not want to know the answer. It might be fun to put your questions in an Acrostic form, spelling out a technical term for a certain phobia, or an answer that would frighten you. Here’s anContinue reading “Oct. 12 Prompts: Pulling Back the Veil”
Oct. 11 Prompts: Lurking in the Shadows
OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Today lets look at light and shadow in the form of a Cleave poem. The neat thing about this two column poem is it can be read as three different poems. Here’s a cleave poem I wrote in December of 2021 using bold text instead of columns: Crimson Morning Light EvenContinue reading “Oct. 11 Prompts: Lurking in the Shadows”
Oct. 10 Prompts: Behind the Masks
OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Fear of the Other: Thinking about all the masks people wear, bring to mind someone that you are afraid of. With that person in mind imagine things that that person would never say. What is the mask he or she is wearing when she says these things in your poem?Continue reading “Oct. 10 Prompts: Behind the Masks”
Oct. 9 Prompts: Seeing in the Dark
OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Afraid of the dark: Sit in a dark room. Sit long enough for your eyes to adjust, and describe what you see. If you feel comfortable and it’s safe to, walk around in the dark room. Write a poem about the experience of adjusting to the dark and why weContinue reading “Oct. 9 Prompts: Seeing in the Dark”
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