Come for the Mysteries. Stay for the Characters.
I had a prompt for Christmas haiku last year and decided to offer one again. I like this haiku better than the one I wrote last time, which you can read here. Cold and darkness reign. But one light from a stable Warms and brightens all. Leave your haiku in the comments. For more poetry… Continue Reading →
I have two themes this month because April is National Humor Month and National Poetry Month. You’ll see prompts for both as well as a crossover! I have a spring acrostic prompt for today. I decided to reprint an acrostic poem I wrote for Easter a few years back. Please put your acrostic poem about… Continue Reading →
Since my theme is nature this month, I have to have a haiku prompt, and since it’s September, what could be better than a prompt for fall haiku? I wrote the poem below a few years ago. Fall may still be my favorite season, but my taste seems to be changing. Spring and summer have… Continue Reading →
My last prompt of April combines my two themes, National Humor Month and National Poetry Month, into a funny haiku. I love haiku but working in the humor was difficult. If you want to read how it’s done, visit Lori Z. Scott’s poems. The weird thing is I wrote this poem almost a week before… Continue Reading →
Searching through my website, I discovered I’ve never had a prompts for a winter acrostic poem. So here’s your chance to flex your poetic muscles. I like acrostics because if it doesn’t rhyme, no one can say I did a bad job. Here’s mine: S pell is cast. N ow I’m five. O nly snow… Continue Reading →
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