Hello and Happy New Year! I’m so glad you’re here to kick off a fresh chapter of writing poetry with me. To celebrate the season, I’ve been looking into my collection of photo prompts on Poetry Pop and found two beautiful, wintry scenes that really spoke to me. I ended up turning them into a couple Haiga (haiku + art) to share with you today!
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Hey there, fellow word-lovers! Let’s be honest: we’ve all been there. Staring at a blank page, waiting for that golden, perfect idea to float down from the heavens. We think of writing—especially poetry—as this quiet, intensely cerebral activity. We sit still, we think hard, and we wait for the muse to show up.
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Periodically, I write a Poetry Pop Shop post on my blog to share interesting gadgets and books for readers and writers. Today, I want to introduce you to a poetry book with guided prompts that I think you will love.
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Pick a number between one and nine, then slide the cover to reveal the visual prompt you can use to write a poem this week. The numbers are in random order in the lower right-hand corner of each photo. If the image loads with the slider open, quickly close it —no peeking! 🙂 Have fun!
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Collective nouns are a blast! They’re those super fun words that let us talk about a bunch of people, animals, or things as one single unit. Even though there are multiple individuals, we treat the whole group like it’s one big, happy family. I challenged myself to write a poem about nature and it’s collective nouns which I’m sharing with you today. I hope you enjoy it and it inspires you!
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We’ve all been there, pen in hand, waiting for a poem to arrive. Poetry prompts are a great way to get the juices flowing on those inevitable days when a poem doesn’t show up.
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We’ve all been there, pen in hand, waiting for a poem to arrive. Poetry prompts are a great way to get the juices flowing on those inevitable days when a poem doesn’t show up. I’ve created this spinning wheel to give you a little nudge. Ready, Set, Spin! It you don’t see the wheel, wait for a few seconds or refresh the page.
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We are in the middle of June and it’s super hot here in northern California. For today’s poem, I chose a refreshing snowy picture from the stash of visual prompts here on Poetry Pop to write about. Enjoy and stay cool out there!
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We’ve all been there, pen in hand, waiting for a poem to arrive. Poetry prompts are a great way to get the juices flowing on those inevitable days when a poem doesn’t show up.
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