Writing Prompt
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POEM STARTER
Compose a self-aware poem
Think of creative ways to show that the poem acknowledges that it is itself a poem.
Writings
A poem I am, with purpose clear,
To stir the heart, to bring a tear.
Or maybe joy, or thoughtful frown,
In reader's mind, I dance around.
I speak of love, of loss, of time,
In metered tone, in structured rhyme.
Yet, conscious of my poet's pen,
I'll end, then start, then end again.
I speak of desire, I speak of fear.
I can bring laughter, or I can bring tears.
If ever someone is feeling broken,
I...
I shall rhyme,
to keep the time.
AA
BB
CC
Don’t forget, DD.
I shall count
so as to know my syllables amount.
One
Two
Three
One, two.
Though, while I may count and rhyme,
my purpose is not only to keep the time.
It’s truly about the emotion;
the power of words well chosen.
See, I know of my power to make you cry
to make your heart twist shrivel up and die.
I even understand how to...
I will end. One day
I’ll
utter my last words
And
slip sweetly into the abyss
One day
I will end. Sometimes,
I hurry
Quicken the pace-
Shorten
the sentence-
Summarize, instead of
painting
the picture
stroke
by
stroke
between my lines letting colors run together
making little
Hues
I’m completely unaware of but
all
the
while
entranced
by.
Sometimes I waste time by slowly walking
T...
I’m aware I have a big nose
It goes back to Ireland I suppose
The laced patch of my families history
And dna which is somehow in this tree
Dating back to 1403
I don’t know much really
I know sometimes I think too much
Ignore the small stuff
And write and speak on things that
Are only 10 percent heard,it’s rough
I’m aware that there’s too much going on
And I’m all reality I’m just a figment who
...
It started out neutral,
Then we started joking,
Then we made an inside joke,
Then we were laughing together,
Then you were encouraging me,
Then we were laughing again,
Then we were running in the sunset like little kids,
Then you were on the floor and I was laughing,
Then we sat down together,
Then we were talking like we had known each other our whole life,
Then we were happy.
(Guys, I’m pretty ...
Yes, you! I see you scrolling.
Here I am, trapped for your eyes.
Go ahead, peak at the four lines
That may not even rhyme.
This buffoon of a writer thinks they’ve wrote,
Or rather, typed, a brand new set of words,
But I’ve always existed, not exactly waiting for a surprise
But for a break from all the well-worded lies.
I won’t capture your heart,
Nor appease any curious look;
I’ll just waste you...
An octopus’ garden, beneath 'thrumming tide,
Precise as a diagram, each curl and hide,
Elegance in nature’s keen-eyed jest,
In every commonplace, a profound quest.
In the mirror’s realm, a double exists,
Shattered selves in the dawn’s soft mists.
Unseen and bare, the dark bloom unfurls,
The spectre of a girl, lost in whorls.
A poignant dance in moon-drenched skin,
Barefoot on earth, secrets held...
I sit here, pondering,
A meme about poop,
A memo about pope,
About mope mope.
You wonder why I try,
A meme about poop,
A memo about pope,
About mope mope.
It's simple, if you see,
Just to rearrange, like b, a, c,
And then you might agree,
That we have our a, b, c!
I sit here, pondering
A poem about poem,
A poem about poem,
A poem about poem.
An ‘Ars Poetica’
A poem about poem,
A poem about poe...
These words should mean something
Exist to share insight
Evoke a feeling
But also
Conform to a rhytmically pleasing vomit of language
Create a feeling
Leave you reeling
Inspire a creative thought
Help connect dot to dot
Exert emotion they should
Tell you what others wish they could
Teach you how to hide from a storm
Fit to a mold but be freeform
Make you feel someone understands
Someone similar...
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