Tips for Writers: 10 Simple Poetry Writing Prompts

This article provides answers to the questions What are some simple poetry ideas? Where can I get poetry inspiration or ideas?


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Writing more frequently as a writer is difficult when you don't have any prompts. First, what exactly is a prompt? A prompt is something that motivates you to take action. You may want to write or believe you can write, but you may be stuck for ideas. You are not alone; this happens to many people and writers, and this article will help you out by giving you some ideas for poems. Some of these prompts are listed and  briefly discussed below.

⦁    Journey
⦁    Wishes
⦁    Loss
⦁    Memories
⦁    Life
⦁    Home
⦁    Pain
⦁    Joy
⦁    Rain
⦁    School day

10. Journey 

That could be a good starting point for you. You can write a poem about a journey, whether it's completely fictitious or very realistic. You can describe how something, someone, or even yourself goes through a process or transitions from one place or form to another. You can write about the earth's journey around the sun or your heroic soldier's story.

9. Wishes


Yes, you can write about your wishes or about the wishes of others. We all have wishes in our daily lives, some of which are realistic and others which are pure fantasy. These desires are what keep us going. Consider writing a poem about how you wish you could write a poem. That sounds funny, right? Yes, you can use your wishes as a source of poetry inspiration.

8. Loss

We all experience loss at some point in our lives, whether it is something minor or something we treasure or embrace. You can write a poem about how you felt when you lost something or about how others felt when they lost something. You can also write about how you perceive loss in general.

7. Memories

You could also write about your memories. We all have memories in our lives that we would like to revisit and others that we would prefer not to be reminded of in any way. You can write a poem about these memories; how you wish you could relive that time, or simply how that experience was—good or bad? You can also write about how you wish you hadn't experienced something, or simply share what memories mean to you.

6. Life

We all have different perspectives on what it means to be alive. You can use various poetic devices to express your own perspective on life. You also discuss what others believe to be life or speculate on what some people may believe to be life—what is life to them?

5. Home

You could also write about your home. You can describe your home and what it means to you. You may be wondering and sympathizing with those who are homeless about how difficult their lives can be. You can also simply write about what a good home is to you. Here is a poem about home below:

I read within a poet’s book
A word that starred the page:
"Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage!"

Yes, that is true; and something more
You’ll find, where’er you roam,
That marble floors and gilded walls
Can never make a home.

But every house where Love abides,
And Friendship is a guest,
Is surely home, and home-sweet-home:
For there the heart can rest.

A HOME SONG by Henry van Dyke

4. Pain

We are all vulnerable to pain, whether it is physical or psychological. Pain alters people in a variety of ways, both positive and negative. You can write a poem about how you or others felt about your pain. You can also write about how you don't want pain or how you believe people shouldn't intentionally hurt each other.

3. Joy

Joy is a necessary component of our lives. As individuals, we find joy in a variety of things. You can write about things that make you happy or times when you were delighted. You can also write about how you believe people should share their happiness with others.

2. Rain

Yes, that is another good writing prompt for you. You can write something wonderful about rain that others will enjoy reading. You can write about how it can be healing to the creatures on this planet, or you can write about how you used to dance in the rain as a child.

1. School Day

The last but not least option is to write about school. Whether it is a journey through your usual school day or memories of your school days. That might serve as a useful prompt for you.

Conclusion

That's all we had to say about simple poetry prompts for writers. We hope you found this information useful. If you did, please leave a comment below. We sincerely hope you learned something new that will help you as a writer. We'll see you in our next post. Thank you so much!!


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