Poetry Prompts

Poetry Prompt: Letter to Self

/ Katrina Kaye

Today’s prompt is an oldie, but a goodie.

Write a letter to your younger self. It could be a letter to your inner child, a letter to you the night before you get married/divorced/graduate/etc, or a letter to yourself half an hour before you ate something you should not have.

What would you say to yourself, if given a chance?

As an example, click here to read my poem “A letter to myself at 16.“

Note: I wrote that poem over ten years ago, when I was in my early 30’s. I wonder what I would tell myself differently if I wrote it today. 

 

Poetry Prompt: Extended Metaphor

/ Katrina Kaye

Today’s prompt has to do with extended metaphor. Extended metaphor is a rhetorical technique where a single metaphor is used at length.

The Prompt: Have you ever felt like something other than yourself? Write a poem where you compare yourself to something in an extended metaphor.

Follow this link to view my poem “Erosion” as an example: https://poetkatrinakaye.com/2024/04/24/erosion/

Poetry Prompt: The Cruelest Month

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TS Eliot describes April as the “cruelest month.” For today’s prompt, choose a month, give it a human quality, and personify it. Start your poem the same way Eliot does.
 
Examples:
October is a shy month….
August is an asshole…..
January can’t stop crying….