Poetry Prompts

It’s April and J.R. Rogue and I are back with our annual poetry prompts for National Poetry Month!

The title of the series is These Blue Depths. Use hashtag #TheseBlueDepths on social media so we can follow along.

Don’t forget poets.org has lots of ways you can celebrate National Poetry Month!

Here is the list in case you want to copy/paste:

1. The Secrets I Left On The Shore
2. What The Tide Told Me
3. Ivory Sands & Your Lies
4. Rib Cage Like A Conch Shell
5. The Land Can’t Find Us
6. The Anchors I Carry
7. Say There Is No Love Left
8. Our Water Graveyard
9. The Wounds We Soak
10. What The Storm Brought In
11. Shade Of Blue You Refuse To Wear
12. Depression Is A Great White Shark
13. Where The Oceans Bleed
14. Reckless Current
15. Things We Say When The Earth Falls Away
16. Drunken Palm Tree Sway
17. Where The Storm Meets The Horizon
18. A Band-Aid On The Dam
19. Everywhere It Follows You
20. Splinters In My Sole
21. Purposeful Abandon
22. Make A Wish
23. Hidden Monster In You
24. Alone & Adrift
25. Flowers For Crimson Dawn
26. My Body Is Waterlogged
27. The Way Comfort Sounds
28. Swollen Expectations & Deflated Realities
29. If You’ve Never Been To Pier 42
30. A Fisherman’s Goodbye

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