2024 WRITING PROMPT JOURNEY
Poetry Writing Prompts — Week Thirty-Nine
Writing prompts for September 22nd to 28th
Welcome to Week Thirty-Nine of our 2024 Writing Prompt Journey!
We have three new prompts awaiting you, and two words/concepts for each that you can try to include in your poems (if you crave a challenge).
Also, if any of these prompts fail to inspire, but the images take you in an entirely different direction, please feel free to follow where your muse leads!
Your poems may be in any form and use any poetic devices, but here are a few different ideas of poetic forms to get you started:
- diamante: a poem with seven lines that form a diamond shape, and deal with two opposite or similar subjects. The first line is the initial subject of your poem, the second line is two adjectives that describe the initial subject, and line three is three words that end with -ing (again, describing the initial subject). Line four starts with two descriptive words about the initial subject, but then ends with two words that describe the ending line’s subject, which is usually an antonym or synonym of the starting subject. Line five is three -ing words that describe the ending subject, line six is two adjectives that describe the ending subject, and line seven, finally, contains just the ending subject/word. This complicated-sounding poem is best explained with a sample, so I highly recommend clicking on the diamante link to see my attempt at one.
- sedoka: a poem with two three-line stanzas (called katauta). Each katauta has a syllable count of 5/7/7, and they generally will look at the same subject from opposite viewpoints. Think of it almost as a conversation between two different people about the same topic. Sedoka traditionally does not rhyme.
- tanka: a 5-line poem with the syllable structure 5/7/5/7/7
The simple rules for this Journey:
- Pick a prompt (or two or three!) and get writing.
- Post in our Publication, or post anywhere! Make sure to share a link in your post back to this Prompt post.
- Share a link to your prompted writing in the comments (or tag me in your post so I can find your writing to enjoy and share with others on this Journey).
- Tag your post with “Writing Prompt Journey” and “Poetry”.
Prompt 1
cicadas
For an extra challenge, try to work these two words or ideas into your poem:
rhythm | musical
Remember to check out the Non-Fiction and Fiction Prompts for Week Thirty-Nine for more inspiration. You can also go back to see the previous weeks’ prompts here.
And please don’t forget to post links to your prompted poetry in the comments, and link back to this post in your writing so more people can join the journey. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
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Chelsea Marie is a writer by night and a graphic designer by day. She is a West Coast Canadian with a bad case of wanderlust and a dream to travel the world with her severely airplane-phobic partner. Why do things the easy way when a complicated route makes a much more exciting story? Visit my other socials here: https://linktr.ee/c.the.storyteller
