Poem starters ideas

Acrostic Poem Starters

How do you start a poem? How are poems born? This article offers tips, doorways, craft advice, and insights on how to start a poem.

Post by Catsi Eceer, co-founder I was looking through the poetry posts earlier, and realized that we'd never done a post on free verse poems. Seeing as I write free verse almost exclusively, I thought I'd step up to the plate and scribble something down. Here I am twenty minutes later, still staring at a blank screen. The funny thing about free verse poetry is that, well, they're free verse. There's no specific rhythm or meter. They don't need to rhyme. They don't really need to do anything…

I blame revisiting those vintage slices. Or perhaps it is the tug of National Poetry Month. Whatever the cause, I was itching for a writing challenge to invigorate my writing life. So, I searched the past challenges at 30/30 for ideas. This afternoon I shared the following challenge (a patchwork of other challenge ideas) with my students: I explained that this challenge was not required, nor would it be graded. This evening, my email has been overflowing with notifications that students have…

(almost) Daily Writing Prompts for songwriting, lyric writing, prose, poetry and free writing

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Hope you enjoy these December prompts! I definitely enjoyed coming up with this wide range that suit various moods and emotions. A little bit of something for everyone! 🌲 Which one is your favorite? I’d love to know! Please remember to tag a few friends who might enjoy, share this post, and tag me if you use a prompt 🤎. #poetry #poetrycommunity #poems #decemberprompts #decemberpoetryprompts #poetryprompts #prompts #poetsofinstagram #writingprompts #writingcommunity #writing #writersofin...

Write a poem using the first 3 words you find 👀 Can't wait to read what you come up with xo A

Empowering poem taken from the poetry book Achieve.