Prompts
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The ghazal! An Arabic poetic form originating from the 7th century that relies on repetition and lingers between the pain of loss and the beauty of love despite the loss. It’s absolutely gorgeous, but incredibly difficult to pull off in English. ghazals must have at least five rhyming couplets or bayts and can have as…
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The elusive sonnet. Shakespearean, Petrarchan, traditional or modern, love them or hate them. There’s so much scholarship out there about sonnets, but my favorite is definitely Stephen Fry’s section on sonnets from The Ode Less Travelled. Learning about ancient metered poetic forms from a comedian really does it for me! Here’s an excerpt: So for…
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I am thrilled to share another wonderful April of poetry with you all! Local highlights this month include: -April 7, Flying Words Project at Kent State -April 9, “How Do We Talk To Each Other?” The Cleveland Humanities Festival -April 21, Ekphrastacy at Heights Arts -April 24-May 1, Lakefront Cleveland Poetry Festival, including workshops, open…
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Happy poetry month everyone! There will be a few changes going on with my site over the next month, but I will be sure to share poetry prompts for each day below! Stay tuned each day for a new prompt! April 1 – Imagine you are underwater. Describe the feeling. Fear? Euphoria? What do you…
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1 – The Fool 2 – Satellites in Orbit 3 – The Letter “E” appears in odd numbers. You cannot use the letter “E”. 4 – “I used to be a roller coaster girl” jessica Care moore 5 – Write the moment you decide to cut a corner. 6 – Kigo – write a haiku…
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Happy National Poetry Month, everyone! Our Ohio April rang in with snow still on the ground, but that doesn’t stop me from being so grateful for this month! Not only does it bring in spring flowers and bright colors, but we get to talk about poetry! Just like last year I will be completing a…
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I have undertaken the #napomo challenge of writing a poem a day for the whole month of April. I will be updating this post with my prompts/inspirations for each day. Follow along if you like! April – National Poetry Month – Poem-A-Day Challenge 1 – Serqet, Egyptian goddess of Scorpions & crater on Ganymede 2…
Amanda Stovicek D'Alessandro 