written for day 1 of the poetry tag on facebook.

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for the boy who left me hanging.

(title from bastille's song because i am an uncreative individual)

'accept the fact that you will grow apart from people you've had significant relationships with. understand when someone no longer positively affects your life. let them go. don't hinder your growth.' -lyjerria
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prompt: write a poem including the following symbols: ! $ &* ( ) . ,
‪bonus: include @ # % ^ < /
‪‎madness bonus‬: include 10 emoji.

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prompt 1: woo your favourite poet.
prompt 2: write a ghazal.
bonus: post two poems.

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prompt 1: write a lipogram (i.e. a poem that does not use a particular letter of the alphabet.
prompt 2: write a poem that challenges a rule, a law, a habit, a form, a subject, a theme, a mindset: or as many of these as you can.

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prompt 1: write a poem depicting something ugly as beautiful, or something beautiful as ugly.
prompt 2: write a poem on the theme of resurrection.

(tw: rape)

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prompt 1: write a poem addressed to your younger self, without using the word "I".
prompt 2: write a poem in which each stanza fits within a tweet (i.e. max 140 characters).
power bonus: combine the two prompts.

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prompt: write an erotic poem.
bonus 1: with no people in it.
bonus 2: pun.

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prompt: write a poem that responds to the given image.
bonus 1: include a title that serves to caption the image.
bonus 2: incorporate some words from a different language.

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okay so SingPoWriMo is Singapore Poetry Writing Month, where you write a poem a day in response to the prompts given by the mods. (do join if you can!! but there are like 900+ people now lmao)

prompt: write a poem featuring the year 2065 ( Read more... )