Category: Poetry/Writing Prompts

What is Medskerpedia + disappearing poems – Interview with Josh Medsker

Josh Medsker created a project a couple of years ago called Medskerpedia, and now he has started something new by way of Disappearing Poems on Instagram. I wanted to know more about this new project, so I interviewed Medsker to find out what he is up to and […]

Got Poet’s Block? Check out these writing exercises from Albany Poetry Workshop . . .

Albany Poetry Workshop’s online classroom provides “five exercises that we hope will inspire, cajole, and tease you into writing new work.” The exercises themes include: The Five Senses Organic Metaphor Organic Simile Personification Integrated Poem If these five exercises aren’t enough, check out their other sessions, including a Seven-Session […]

A Letter Poem to a Poet – writing prompt & poem by Nancy Takacs

We all have lines from other poets inside us, their voices, narrative or lyrical styles, and syntactical qualities that make their work unique, and loved by us. And we read or know about lives of poets whom we identify with or maybe don't, in their biographies finding a […]

A Letter Poem to a Poet – writing prompt & poem by Nancy Takacs

We all have lines from other poets inside us, their voices, narrative or lyrical styles, and syntactical qualities that make their work unique, and loved by us. And we read or know about lives of poets whom we identify with or maybe don't, in their biographies finding a […]

A writing exercise “Wine is Rain in Translation” by Rob Carney, guest blog post on Terrain.org

Rob Carney jumps right into metaphor in his most recent guest blog post on Terrain.org and then continues with an interesting writing exercise. “My friend Rick suggested this years ago: working out approximate versions in English based solely on the way another language looks . . . the […]

Need poetry/writing prompts? Cahoodaloodaling’s prompts inspired by recently published poems

The online lit mag Cahoodaloodaling has a feature called Prasanna's Parrot Picks & Prompts - that highlights recently published poems from Sundress Publications and then suggests a related prompt for each one. Really excellent work by their staff member Prasanna Surakanti. This third issue does not disappoint! What I love most about this […]

TrishHopkinson.com included in Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers + #NaPoWriMo prompts

Thanks to my readers who nominated my site for inclusion in this helpful list curated by Writer’s Digest every year. I’m honored and thrilled to be listed in the poetry section next to Poets.org. You can subscribe online or in print or just purchase a single issue to […]

Poetry prompts that inspire + submission call – Terrain.org, DEADLINE: May 30, 2017

I may be a bit biased (because I’ve sat in on his classes and enjoyed his performance poetry for years), but Rob Carney’s guest blog posts on Terrain.org are not to be missed! Each post is a story, a poem, and will give you a little insight to his writing process. […]

National Poetry Month begins today! #NaPoMo–Prompts galore & other ways you can participate . . .

It's not too late to make a plan for poetry month! Whether you want to sign up to write a poem a day or unofficially just plan to crank out some poetry in April, there are plenty of prompts and resources to keep you going strong all month. […]

FREE eBook–"The Authors Publish Compendium of Writing Prompts" (download free until March 26, 2017)

Thanks to Authors Publish for sharing this free eBook! Just click the link below and enter your email address to download the PDF. (I’ve not noticed any additional junkmail since I first signed up.) Most of their eBooks are only free for a limited time, so download them sooner […]