2023 WRITING PROMPT JOURNEY

Poetry Writing Prompts — Week Twenty-Four

Writing prompts for June 11th to 17th

Photo by Soumalya Mandal on Unsplash

Welcome to Week Twenty-Four of our 2023 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:

• free verse poem: let your creativity run wild, with no specific syllable count or line quantity needed. There is no rhyme scheme required, but you may include rhymes if you like (anything goes)!
• nonet: a 9-line poem with the syllable structure 9/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1
• tricubes: a mathematical poetic form created by Phillip Larrea. Three stanzas, three lines in each, and three syllables per line.

The simple rules for this Journey:

1. Pick a prompt (or two or three!) and get writing.
2. Post in our Publication, or post anywhere! Make sure to…