Welcome to the PROMPTS! This is your one stop shop for poetry prompts to try out when you’re in a writer’s block. Then, you can take what you write and bring it to an Open Mic or Slam!
Yellow Cab Tavern
Next Show 11/20 Anti-Slam
700 E. 4th St. Dayton, OH 45402
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General Prompt list:
What do you hope is true about Heaven? (Based on a poem by Neil Hilborn)
“I was…I am”
What does poetry mean to you? Why do you write it? How did you get into it? When did it become a part of your life?
Write a poem about what life would be like without mass shootings?
Who would you like to see rise from the dead and why?
Write a poem from the perspective of a character in a fairytale.
Write a poem using the following image: A smashed flower on the sidewalk.
Listen to one of your favorite songs and write a poem directly after, based on the feelings and emotions it brought about in you.
Listen to your surroundings and write about some facet of what you’re hearing.
Write a poem about wanting something you can’t have.
Write a poem about your most hectic day and what you can do to change that.
What if everything else is real and you’re imaginary?
Describe your favorite amusement park memory. What stands out? What is vivid? What was horrifying?
Write about a simple object that changed your life.
Write a piece about body positivity as though you are looking into the mirror and speaking to your reflection.
Write a poem with only 8 syllables in each line.
Write a letter to a loved one who is no longer here.
Monthly Prompts:
January: New beginnings! This doesn’t have to be a resolution. More, wanting something new, or finding something new for yourself. Whether that is expanding the self, creating new hobbies, new adventures you want to take, new relationships you want to build etc.
February: Coming Soon!