A poem from the spring issue of Peninsula Poets.
Volunteer with Baby on Back / Li C. Tien
Tag: Poetry
Virga / Claire Scott
Another poem from the spring issue of Peninsula Poets.
A Pleasant Thought of Mortality / Iris Lee Underwood
From the Spring Issue Peninsula Poets.
Georgia O’Keefe’s White Clouds / Sophia Rivkin
From the Spring 2020 issue of Peninsula Poets. We’ll be posting something every couple of days.
The 32 Most Iconic Poems in the English Language
From the Literary Hub: The 32 most iconic poems in the English language. (with links)
Prompt: Junk Drawer
Today’s poem is waiting to be discovered in your junk drawer. I know you have one. Or in the closet you’re afraid to open. Find it in there.
Prompt: One Syllable Words
Write a poem using only one syllable words. When you revise it, you can cheat.
Prompt: Dreams
From an old Poets and Writers: Think about dreams you’ve had in the past that still linger, or search through old writing to dig up images that are repeated. Write a poem that attempt to find meaning or a connection within these visual artifacts. How can you interpret their significance now?
Prompt: An Object Poem
I did this one yesterday and had a good result. From Western Wind, an Introduction to Poetry by David Mason and John Frederick Nims. Write a descriptive poem (of, say, a dozen lines) about a familiar object or anything of interest to you. Do not use any adjectives until the last line; then try to use, effectively, a series of three. Here’s a famous example from Charles Simic.
Fork – by Charles Simic
This strange thing must have crept
Right out of hell.
It resembles a bird’s foot
Worn around the cannibal’s neck.
As you hold it in your hand,
As you stab with it into a piece of meat,
It is possible to imagine the rest of the bird:
Its head which like your fist
Is large, bald, beakless, and blind.
Prompt: Song or Literary Work
From Western Wind, an Introduction to Poetry edited by David Mason and John Frederick Nims.
Write a poem alluding to a song or literary work that only someone of your generation would know. Can you make your poem comprehensible to readers of other generations?
