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.
If you write a poem based on this prompt, feel free to share a link to your poem, or the poem itself, in the comments. Poems appearing in the comments are not considered published in Wild Violet, and you retain all rights to your work.
Weather
For adults:
As more and more, as we remain stuck inside, the weather takes front and center in our consciousness. Today, make it front and center in your poetry. Write about the weather outside your window or a significant weather event from memory. For examples, read: “An Octave Above Thunder” by Carol Muske-Dukes, “The Storm” by Theodore Roethke and “In April” by James Hearst.
For children:
Weather is all around us: whether wind and rain or clouds and sun. It shapes what we can do, and it influences our mood. Write a short poem about today’s weather. Try to use as many descriptive words as possible. How does the sky look? How does the air feel? Is it raining or sunny, or even snowing? Are there clouds, and if there are, are they white or gray? How does the weather make you feel? What effects does it have on the world around you?
Rainy Day
Sky as flat gray as a sheet of construction paper,
the bright tree buds dimmed with fog,
drips falling slowly from our patio awning,
a soggy day, one to stay inside.
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