Poetry Writing Prompts (17)

Poetry Writing Prompts 341-360

341. Vultures descend on a carcass that is rotting on the side of the road. 

342. Use all of the following words in a poem: race, confession, fool, move, screw, hungry, incinerate.  

343. Write a poem about the many ways love can be expressed. 

344. Write a poem using the following image: a dog barking at a passerby through a chain link fence. 

345. The trail is covered with footprints—human and animal. The large cat crouch- es atop rocks watching the hikers below. 

346. Use all of the following words in a poem: hours, enemy, grunt, choice, good- bye, hint, always, tide, news, lion, sentimental, number.  

347. Write a poem about nudity. 

348. Write a poem using the following image: a big bowl of fresh, homegrown summer fruit.  

349. She walks down the street wearing nothing but a full sized flag wrapped around her body. Lady liberty is on the loose. 

350. Use all of the following words in a poem: wolf, honorable, hurricane, mad, sing, thought, waking, blinded, rapid, choice.  

351. Write a poem about spending time alone.  

352. Write a poem using the following image: an empty, unmade bed. 

353. Headphones, backpack, smooth moves. Dancing on the street corner. Dancing at the bus stop. Rocking out on the subway. 

354. Use all of the following words in a poem: broom, sight, ladder, quiet, century, turned, honey, wasted, pathetic.  

355. Write a poem about what it means to be part of a team.  

356. Write a poem using the following image: a group of rambunctious kids sitting at the back of the bus. 

357. They gather around a steel barrel that is half-filled with coal and douse it with kerosene, and as the flames rise, they drop books in, one by one. 

358. Use all of the following words in a poem: bedroom, vested, structure, every- thing, head, strong, ugly, shame, raw, true.  

359. Write a poem about a predatory animal.  

360. Write a poem using the following image: a big, shiny red fire engine. 

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