NaPoWriMo Prompts

[aj47]

Okay, I'll add yours. I don't want it to be too hard--just not too easy. I won't add "never" or "angel"

Baby would be good.

[Gargh]

I have to say, that list is beginning to take on a devilish glint the closer we get to April! I tell myself, I did it last year and I can do it again if I want to but, well... gulp .

[aj47]

I have fractions of ideas for some of these. Since I'm not working on them, they haven't even made it to notes yet.

[aj47]

We still need prompts. I'm adding a couple now, but more is better.

[Gargh]

How about writing about something invisible? Or a journey? Perhaps a picture prompt... maybe each pick someone else's avatar?!

[aj47]

I like picking an avatar. I think there are too many invisible things (like love) that people write about anyway, but I like the idea of a journey.

[Gargh]

I'm thinking that maybe if there aren't enough prompts, maybe we can also cherry-pick from the ones on the official webpage? I know there's bound to be the odd one that I fancy.

Not long to go...! I'm trying to concentrate on finishing up the prose project I'm working on so I can give over April to poetry again, but it's difficult. It's the danger of having prompts already accessible so the worms in my brain begin to wriggle early.

[Darkkin]

(Peeks out from behind favourite rock.)

How about a poem extrapolated from song lyrics, just a single line from any song?

[aj47]

Well, we already have #21, which is write a response to a poem. That could be expanded to include lyrics. I like that.

I'm thinking that maybe if there aren't enough prompts, maybe we can also cherry-pick from the ones on the official webpage? I know there's bound to be the odd one that I fancy.

Yes, with a link. I'll list it separately.

[Ariel]

1. Write a poem based on the concept or idea of "Mobeus strip".
2. Write a poem that starts at the end, moving backwards.
3. Write a poem that uses the style of a devotion and prayer.
4. Write a poem in which you refer to yourself as “you” throughout. See Richard Hugo’s work for numerous examples.
5. Write a poem in the form of a grocery list.
6. Find an unpublished poem that you haven’t looked at in years. Randomly choose three lines from the poem. Write a completely different using those lines.
7. Write a poem that admits a dark secret of yours.
8. Find one of your favorite recipes. Write a poem that utilizes some of the steps of that recipe.