Time to write some poetry. Here are some fun Poetry Prompts to get you started.
Your topic: Breaking Loose. Your form: ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Write a poem about a childhood friend. Include seven stanzas, one for each day of the week, and make a personal reference to your friend in each one. Title the poem after an activity you enjoyed doing together.
Your topic: the secret society that children have amongst themselves. Your form: cinq-cinquain.
Your topic: wet noses. Your form: haiku.
Your topic: a spider’s web. Your form: poet’s choice.
Take out a fresh worksheet and finish these five statements about your parents. Don’t read past the questions until you have finished them: I would thank my parents for… It was never easy talking to my parents about… I get the following traits from my parents… My parents and I never agreed on… I always…
Your topic is: being able to depending on someone. Your form is: etheree
Your topic is the end of summer (or the beginning of fall). Your form is: carmina figurata Here’s and example, Robert Herrick’s The Pillar of Fame: Fame’s pillar here, at last, we set Out-during marble, brass, or jet, Charm’d and enchanted so As to withstand the blow Of overthrow: Nor shall the seas, Or OUTRAGES…