“We live in a land where the footprints of ghosts linger.”
Use this line to start or end a poem. It can be any genre as long as you feel it fits the sentence well.
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Submitted by Anni D
“Falling feels like flying until the moment that you land.”
Compose a poem that uses this quote as the central theme.
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Write a poem from the voice of someone who is worrying about something.
Consider the style and layout of your poem to best reflect your character's emotions and thoughts.
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Inspired by Shadow Queen
'I've created a monster'...
Write a poem that is centred around this line.
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Submitted by Skye Wander
Wanderlust
Write a poem about someone who never wants to stay in one place, and who wants to see the world.
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Write a Tanka, or a series of linked Tankas, on the theme of loyalty.
A Tanka is a short form of poetry with 5 lines: 5 syllables in the first line, then 7, then 5, then 7, and 7 syllables in the final line (5,7,5,7,7).
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Submitted by Chantel Akrawi
Write a poem where an inanimate object is a metaphor for love.
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Inspired by Jewelie Rain
Write a poem that transitions through two or more of the seven stages of grief: denial, bargaining, anger, depression, loss of self, reflection, and acceptance.
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Every day, a person goes to a flower shop and buys the same peculiar flower.
Write a poem about this person and their flowers.
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Write a poem about seeing the face of someone you love.
Whether romantic, platonic, or familial love, use emotive language to convery the feeling you get when you see this person.
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You are trapped outdoors in a thunderstorm. Write a poem about the experience.
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Write a poem using multiple rhetorical questions, where the narrator is questioning their own judgement or viewpoint.
You could use the questions to make the reader think, or to show how doubtful the narrator is of their own stance.
