24 Poetry Prompts - Summer Edition
24 poetry prompts inspired by summer. You can write in any form of your choosing. Below, I’ve listed three ways to use the list of prompts to spark your creativity and encourage new perspectives.
You can challenge yourself to write each prompt in a different form. For example, free verse, haiku, sonnet, villanelle, etc.
You can choose two or more of the prompts and combine them in one poem. For example, stinging nettles and restless. Or chlorine, margarita, and sleepwalking.
You can challenge yourself to use the prompt as the final words in the poem.
Be creative and write to your heart’s content.
The 24 poetry prompts are:
Gilded sky
Illusion
Poisonous weeds
Creamy buttercup
Snail
Champagne
Strawberry pie
Restless
Stinging nettles
Golfball
Ripe spiderwebs
Snooze
Endless night
Salt breeze
Pollen patrol
Fully booked
Empty smile
Sleepwalking
Sunburn
Orange peel
Chlorine
Sand castle
Margarita
Silent lake
Bonus Exercise: Choose one of the prompts listed above. Write about it in three different tones: instructional, harsh, and thoughtful.
Gentle writing,
Matilda