Poetry eZine ~ April 2012

Thursday, April 19

April 19th Prompt

Today, our goal for poetry is to just not worry.

Pick a span of about 30 minutes today that you can set aside for the following purpose: write what's on your mind. The most important thing to keep in mind with this exercise is nothing. Write the first and last things that come to you. Don't worry about what comes out; simply enjoy the process for what it is. After the 30 (or so) minutes are up, read what you've written and see if any ideas or images pop out at you. You may just discover a poem within a poem today. Happy writing!

Today's poem comes to us from Caitlin Griffin and is entitled Cigarette Romance. About herself, Griffin writes "I'm a junior at Augustana College from Central Illinois, majoring in English and Secondary Education with a minor in German. I enjoy reading and sleeping and a good cigarette."

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