Writing prompts for poetry

Using creative writing prompts to inspire many forms of writing is a great way to inspire new ideas and direction in your creative journey. Many short stories, poetry and even novels have began as a writing prompt of some form or another, one of the most famous of these would be Mary Shelleys story of Frankenstien.
Mary Shelleys novel about the creation of life from the dead parts of different corpses was born out of a cold stormy night spent with Lord Byron. Who had suggested to a small group of writers that had gathered in the Villa Diodati one evening, that they try their hand at writing a ghost story .
In essence to write using a prompt given by someone else in a genre not to familiar to the young author. From this night of creative experimentation the now famous novel Frankenstien was born as was the story 'The Vampyre' written by John Polidori which would inspire the later story of Dracula written by Bram Stoker.
Writing prompts are not only to be used to break the dreaded writers block, but they can be an awesome tool to simply challenge ourselves and inspire new ideas . Why not try your hand at some of the writing prompts for poetry below. explore a genre that your not familiar with be it horror or romance or something entirely different. There are no wrong turns in our creative journey, only paths not yet travelled...

The themed writing prompt

Write a poem based on one of the following themes below

1. Home
2. Tombstone
3. Stormy eyes
4. Photo
5. Love letter
6. Next time
7. Overgrown
8. Little lies
9. Tomorrow
10. Perfect man
11. Mama
12. Titans
13. Blue ribbon
14. Washed up
15. Ghosts

Write a poem or ballad inspired by the picture prompt above

Write a love poem

Write a love poem inspired by one of the following poetry themes

1. Whisper
2. Burning
3. Falling leaves
4. Never tell
5. Bright eyes
6. Blind
7. Sand castle
8. My lady
9. Red shoes
10. Home
11. Last dance
12. Bus stop
13. Forgotten flowers
14. Church doors
15. Returned

Write a love poem or ballad inspired by the picture prompt above

Write a horror poem

Write a horror poem inspired by one of the following themes

1. Sanctuary
2. Doorway
3. Cats eye
4. Twisted fences
5. Secretary
6. Cracked mirror
7. Night light
8. 4 o'clock
9. Trespass
10. Mothers tears
11. Scanning
12. Labyrinth
13. Tombstone
14. Witching hour
15. Cold embrace

Write a dark horror poem inspired by the above picture prompt

Poem starter

Write a poem using one of the following starter lines below

1. Someone is out there ...
2. Do you think of me ...
3. I walk beside you ...
4. The blood soaked bed ...
5. Under her spell in the night...
6. The roses were turning black...
7. Close the doors...
8. I no longer dream of you...
9. Point the camera and smile...
10. I remember when you knew my name ...
11. I have something to say...
12. There is a whisper in the night air...
13. I know you can't see the way...
14. Shattered pieces across the floor...
15. The moonlight fills a starlit sky...

Picture prompt

Using one of the picture prompts below write a poem or ballad of at least three hundred words

Write a love poem inspired by the picture prompt above

Write a poem inspired by the above picture prompt

Write a dark poem inspired by the above picture prompt

Write a love poem inspired by the above picture prompt

Write a poem inspired by the above picture prompt

Write a dark/horror poem inspired by the above picture prompt

Write a love poem inspired by the above picture prompt

Write a poem inspired by the above picture prompt

Write a dark poem inspired by the above picture prompt

Write a love poem inspired by the above picture prompt

Write a poem or ballad inspired by the above picture prompt

Write a dark/ horror poem or ballad inspired by the above picture prompt

Write a love poem inspired by the above picture prompt

Write a poem or a ballad inspired by the above picture prompt

Write a dark poem or ballad inspired by the above picture prompt

I hope you have enjoyed these writing prompts for poetry, happy writing

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