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”
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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”
Oct. 8 Prompts: Connecting the Bones
OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears For today’s poem, pick a piece of prose: a piece of horror flash fiction, or short story, and pick through its bones to create a piece of found poetry. You don’t have to present it as an erasure poem, but that can be fun. Here’s an example of an erasureContinue reading “Oct. 8 Prompts: Connecting the Bones”
Oct. 5 Prompts: Every Word a Treat
OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Fear of natural disasters: For today’s poem think of the extreme weather that scares you the most (You don’t have to have experienced it). Why is it the most frightening? Imagine experiencing this weather event. Write about all of your sensory experiences. Is this weather event a metaphor for somethingContinue reading “Oct. 5 Prompts: Every Word a Treat”
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