I used to put a Writing Wednesday post on my blog on a weekly basis. I think with this post, I will start it up again.
This is National Poetry Month!
A fellow blogger, Linda O'Connell, recently blogged about the Washington University St. Louis, Humanities Dept. Poetry Prompt, for the month of April. Each day they provide you with 5 words to encourage you to write a short poem.
I've dabbled with it a couple of times. I go to the sight and look at the words for each day, if one of the prompts catches my eye, I copy the words down and write a poem.
I don't think I'm doing it right. I'm thinking they want you to write the poem on the day the prompts are put up, but that's okay --- it's got me to writing.
The April 16 prompts were: Sunlight, Ceiling, Nostalgia, Bleak and Mother
Here is my poem:
I sit and gaze out the window.
The sun hides behind stubborn clouds
and refuses to shine.
I stare at the ceiling and nostalgia
Sets in. I find myself wishing my mother
was here on this bleak day
to spread hope and sunlight to my life.
The April 13 prompts were: Star, Stairway, Memory, Hour, Light
After a few versions, here is my latest poem:
Climbing the stairway toward heaven,
A star shines its bright light before me.
But my magic hour has not yet come
For me to go, so I linger another day
And add another memory to my life.
Why don't you give it a try?
Sometimes a little prompt is all a writer needs to kick-start their brain.
If you like, post your poem in the comments.
Happy Writing!
