Category Archives: Poetry prompts 2016

Poetry Prompt #11

3 Comments

Write an alphabet poem

poemhandEach line must start with a letter of the alphabet in order. Play with the idea. Use all or some of the letters, but wherever you start your poem, the first letter of each line must follow the order of the alphabet. Do you feel challenged? Inspired? Let’s see what you come up with this week. Send your poems as a Word document attachment to traffa-m(at)bigpond.net.au and add a line or two about your writing process or how you tackled this week’s creative challenge.

Happy writing!

Teena

Poetry Prompt #10

Leave a comment

Prompt10

It’s that time of the week again – I hope you’re feeling creative and ready to play with words. What comes to mind when you see this speech balloon? Conversation…communication…discussion…or something else entirely? It’ll be interesting to see your responses. Thanks to everyone who has already submitted poems inspired by the poetry prompts. I’m so impressed by what you are producing. Please keep your poems coming in. I love reading them. If you’ve missed a prompt, you can catch up any time. Send your poems to traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment and add a personal note about why or how you chose to write this particular poem.

Happy writing!

Teena

Poetry Prompt #9

2 Comments

Poetry Prompt#9

I’ve gone for something simple this week…it will be interesting to see what you make of these two circles. I’ve been receiving some wonderful submissions in response to the weekly poetry prompts. Thanks to everyone who has embraced this creative exercise so enthusiastically. Please keep your poems coming in. If you’ve missed a prompt, you can catch up any time. Send your poems to traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment and add a personal note about why or how you chose to write this particular poem. Happy writing! Teena

 

Poetry Prompt #8

1 Comment

Forget rhyme and let the words flow freely in response to this week’s Poetry Prompt. This gorgeous creature makes itself at home in my garden and allows me to enjoy the occasional close encounter. It’s a youngster and I haven’t seen Mama about for a while. Are you inspired already? I hope so. Don’t forget, if you’ve missed one of our Monday prompts, you can catch up at any time. Send your submissions to traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment and add a personal note about why or how you chose to write this particular poem. Happy writing! TeenaPrompt8

Poetry Prompt #7

Leave a comment

Prompt7Pens poised? On your marks…get set…write! See what you can come up with in response to this week’s word+picture. Don’t forget, if you’ve missed one of our Monday prompts, you can catch up at any time. Send your submissions to traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment and add a personal note about why or how you chose to write this particular poem.

Teena

Poetry Prompt #6

Leave a comment
Does this start you thinking?

Poetry Prompt 6

I hope so! I’ll be interested in seeing what you come up with. Thanks to everyone who has been enthusiastically taking part in our 2016 creative challenge. Keep your poems coming in. They make my day. If you’ve missed a prompt, you can catch up at any time. Send your submissions to traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment and add a personal note about why or how you chose to write this particular poem.

Happy writing!

Teena

Poetry Prompt #5

Leave a comment

Oops! Monday’s Poetry Prompt went missing! Here it is, just a tad behind time. I hope you have as much fun playing with rhyming patterns as I do. I’ll look forward to seeing what you come up with. Thanks to everyone who has been enthusiastically taking part in my little creative challenge. Keep your poems coming in! They make my day. If you’ve missed a prompt, you can catch up any time you like as long as you put a note on your poem to that effect. Send your submissions to me at traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment and add a personal note about why or how you chose to write this particular poem.

Happy writing!

Teena

Prompt5

Poetry prompt #4

Leave a comment

Prompt4

 

So many wonderful poems have been submitted in response to the Poetry Prompts I’ve been posting each Monday. Thank you for sharing them and please keep them coming. It’s so exciting checking my in box each day to see the latest arrivals. If you’ve missed a prompt, you can catch up any time you like as long as you put a note on your poem to that effect. This week’s prompt is ‘Texture’, so have fun with it. Send your submissions to me at traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment and add a personal note about why or how you chose to write this particular poem.

Happy writing!

Teena

 

Poetry Prompt #3

1 Comment

Prompt3

The first two Poetry Prompts for the year have attracted a wonderful response. It’s been exciting checking my in box each day to see what’s turned up. Keep them coming! If you’ve missed a prompt, that’s okay, you can catch up any time you like as long as you put a note on your poem to that effect. Remember, too, this site is to showcase poems for children and encourage their love of poetry. Have fun, play with words. This week’s prompt is ‘Shapes’ so whether you write about shapes or shape your poem according to its subject is up to you.Send your poems to me at traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment and I’ll choose a selection to feature as Poem of the Day.

Happy writing!

Teena

 

2016 Poetry Prompt #2

Leave a comment

This week’s poetry prompt is the letter T…what do you think of in connection with this consonant? Tea? Tee-shirt? Golf? Something else entirely? I’m really looking forward to seeing what you come up with and it would be great if you could add a personal comment or two. Perhaps why you chose to write the poem you did, or a little about how you approach the writing of a poem. I’ll share a selection of the submissions as Poem of the Day. Please email contributions to me at traffa-m(at)bigpond.net.au as a Word document attachment or in the body of the email.Prompt2