A little late on this one.
#15 Using this prompt, create a poem, “the sound deafened, then I heard the water crash…”
Month / April 2018
Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #14
A little late on this one:(
#14 Write a poem using the words, “I feel dirty…”
Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls
From “Severed Roots”
But the rainy season never came
and the drought never left.
Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls
From “Weeds”
as I scraped back bare soil—
the earth I once remembered—
the remnants of what I started with.
Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #13
#13 Write a poem that features the number 13 or something that happened on the 13th. Does not have to be Friday the 13th.
Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls
From “Pollen”
To be that puff that resides opposite,
away from you,
in the world.
Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #12
#12 Write a poem without the following words:
and, but, the
Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #11
#11 The wine wasn’t the one thing that was dry…
Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls
From “Crabapples”
You hear the buzzing
and see the yellow jackets
as they sting your feet
and suddenly,
you notice the present world,
and toss the bitter apple into the street drain,
bidding the uninvited guest to go away.
Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #10
#10 Specks of black mica dotted the white blanket on the bed…
J.L. Smith 