Prompt Poeming

Teacher memes, book recs, poetry prompts, recipes.

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1.11.19

From student, L.H.:

Write a poem about a color, without ever saying the color.

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1.10.19

Christmas is well past. Write about giving or receiving a late gift.

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1.9.19

Courage can be innate. Courage can come from or be revealed in a trying moment. Courage, sometimes, can disappear when it’s called on. Write about an experience you’ve had with courage.

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1.8.19

Write a poem about what it would be like to live in the 1800s.

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1.7.19

Write a poem about being nervous for a presentation.

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1.6.19

Write a poem about Italian food.

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1.5.19

Write about how your first weekend in the New Year is going.

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1.4.18

Write a bandersnatch poem (Lewis Carrol or Black Mirror).

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1.3.19

Write a poem about shoes that don’t fit.

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1.2.19

Already missed a day out of busyness, haha. Hope all you cool cats are off to a good start!

Write about yesterday. How was it? After a day of action, do you have some refinements to the resolutions or intentions that you set?

To all of you re-starting school today: best of luck, lovelies!

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12.31.18

Write a goodbye poem to 2018.

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One day in summer when everything has already been more than enough the wild beds start exploding open along the berm of the sea; day after day you sit near them; day after day the honey keeps on coming in the red cups and the bees like amber drops roll in the petals: there is no end, believe me! to the inventions of summer, to the happiness your body is willing to bear.

—Mary Oliver, “The Roses,” American Primitive

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“Grow sweetly wild,”

— Mary Oliver, from Truro Bear & Other Adventures; “The Other Kingdoms,”

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Mary Oliver, The Truro Bear and Other Adventures: Poems and Essays

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12.29.18

Write about dogs.

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12.28.18

Write about your favorite textile.

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12.27.18

Write a poem about pearl.