Write along with us by using any of the following prompts as an inspiration or starting point.
These prompts are appropriate for individuals, classrooms, writing groups. Use them as icebreakers, to create group poems, and to inspire a discussion about how poetry is a common ground that reminds us of our shared humanity.
Want to share a poem you’ve written in response to one of these prompts? We would love to read it. Send your work to Lifelinespoetryproject@gmail.com
- Writing a Haibun
- Writing Poems Inspired by Haiku
- Writing Poems of Place and Departure
- Writing Poems that Count