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Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets by Lynn Levin, Valerie Fox

toniclark's review against another edition

5.0

What fun! I’m always looking for good prompts, which I use myself and share with workshop participants. There are a lot of new ones here that will get the creative juices flowing and banish writer’s block. Try a paraclausithyron, a lover’s lament before a closed door, or a fibonacci poem, based on the Fibonacci sequence, a number sequence that occurs in nature. Swipe a line from someone else’s poem, write a poem that’s a list of rules, or tell what you see from a crossroads (real or metaphorical). See how others addressed the prompt and then respond in your own way. You get the idea. The possibilities are endless. This is a great asset for teachers, students, and poets at all levels!