Writing Prompt
Writings
Writings
POEM STARTER
Compose a poem that starts with an idiom.
Idioms are common, sometimes metaphorical sayings such as ‘it’s raining cats and dogs’, and ‘love at first sight’. Which idiom will you use to set the theme for your poem?
Writings
We’ll cross that bridge when it comes
And when it does, I take the river
Wet stones beneath my feet
I act suprised when I fall
It hurts to look back on what I have done
The mistakes made make me bitter
Instead of fighting I flee
I could have had it all
I want to forget my downfall
Because the parts that repeat
Force me to reconsider:
Have my efforts come undone?
If people never change, no one
...
Which way is the wind blowing
How is this wind showing
As it softly whispers in your ear
Talking about places far and near
Listen closely to the winds sweet song
Guiding your thoughts to where they belong
The wind changes its course
Shifting direction with such force
Natures ever changing ways
Seeing us through every day
Embrace the unpredictable flow
But beware of the gusts that blow
The win...
You’re barking up the wrong tree
When you tell me that I need you
Cause I can tell you for a fact
I don’t need anyone but me
Don’t take this the wrong way
But I don’t want you to be a need
If you are still a part of my life
It’s because I want you there
You’re not essential for my survival
Just an added bonus in my life
Try seeing from my perspective
Maybe you’ll understand my view
I’ve...
After killing two birds with one stone
A taste of you're own medicine all alone
Ive let the cat out of the bag
No pain no gain on this pricetag
I pulled out all the stops
Not a piece of cake or a lollipop
Its possible Ive added fuel to the fire
By barking up the wrong tree prior
But a picture is worth a thousand words
Its the old hit the nail on the head blurb
I have turned the tables somehow
Th...
The grass is greener on the other side,
I don’t know who said that shit, but they lied.
They must have been lost, just walking around ,
Daydreaming all day with their head in the clouds.
Curiosity really does kill the cat.
I know that, for an absolute fact.
I tipped my hat, to whoever said that,
But my heart goes out to that poor little cat.
Don’t let the small things get you pissed,
Don’...
Fortune favors the bold,
For I was told,
To chase after refractions of white.
The colored light that bends
When nature's tears fall,
For there is gold at rainbow's end.
Much time is spent
Chasing that last curve,
A place where color meets gold,
A place kept far from the reaches of men.
Many preach of what they've seen,
A chest of rubies, tourmaline, diamonds, and gold,
Protected by little men o...
Don’t forget the elephants in the room
They surely haven’t forgotten you.
One hundred of them die a day,
One in the past fifteen minutes.
Don’t forget the elephants,
Caught in human conflict
Or poached.
Numbers dropped sixty percent
In just a decade
And in just another
They will be gone.
Their numbers dwindle
And cries for ivory only climb
We kill for it
And they die for it
And one day
There wil...
Similar writing prompts
POEM STARTER
Write a poem that centres around the motif of butterflies.
Different species of butterflies can be symbolic of different concepts, and their behaviours and lifecycles can reflect or inspire human emotions.
POEM STARTER
Write a sonnet about something you learned recently.
Don’t worry about nailing iambic pentameter here – instead, try to meet the Shakespearean rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG.