Creative, I mean. Even if you think you aren’t.
I love this book of poetry prompts by poet Joseph Fasano. In my book club, (OK, truthfully, my mother and two sisters meeting weekly on Zoom; we talk books to maintain fresh discussion points), we enjoy using the prompts in Fasano’s book to write. His prompts have shown us unexpected, playful images and sometimes powerful connections among our inner selves and the natural world, another kind of alchemy. We can be silly. We can be serious and we catch ourselves and each other off-guard in interesting ways.
Here’s an example of a poetry prompt from the “The Magic Words.” followed by what I wrote using the prompt. What a fine gift Fasano has given with this book. A skilled poet is crooking a finger in our direction, saying: “Come on in, the water’s fine.”
Here’s what I wrote:
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