April is National Poetry Writing Month, and many poets like to challenge themselves to write a poem a day. With that in mind, Wild Violet will be sharing poetry prompts each day: one geared towards adults and one for kids.
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Seven Days
For adults:
On Friday, we look towards the weekend, but it’s also a good time to reflect back on the week. For today’s poem, write a poem that recounts the previous week. You can devote one line each to the different days of the week, or you can take a broader approach. If you prefer, write about a specific day of the week that stood out to you. Or write a litany, reflecting how your days are all similar, which may be the case for those of us under stay-at-home orders. For examples, read “Alone for a Week” by Jane Kenyon, “Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday” by Rachel Zucker, and “Thursday Also Happens” by John Ciardi.
For children:
Today is Friday, and the weekend starts tomorrow. How was your week? Write a poem about it, using one line to describe each day. Pick something that stands out to you about what each day was like. It could be something big or something small, something you liked or something you didn’t. You can start each line with the day of the week, if you like.
This Week with My Son
On Saturday, the Easter bunny drove by our house and waved.
On Sunday, I donated blood in a quiet Red Cross center.
On Monday, we found a house made of fallen branches.
On Tuesday, we pretended to be bunnies.
On Wednesday, we found right angles all over.
On Thursday, someone had destroyed the twig house.
On Friday, we wrote about the robins outside our window.
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