
I’m not really doing Inktober, which is for artists doing ink drawings that possibly stem from a daily prompt. That would be fun too and I did briefly consider it.
What I’m doing is using the Inktober prompts this year as random poetry prompts. The resulting poem may not seem related to the prompt but I promise I am immersing myself in the prompt for at least 30 minutes and maybe up to a day before writing the poem that comes through the prompting (or revising one that the prompt brings to mind). A few others things:
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- If I feel like it, I may accompany the poem with a photo or two, chosen only after the poem is written (i.e., the poem flows from the prompt, not the photo).
- I will probably also “show my work” by listing some of the words, phrases, songs, associations that came to me for each prompt.
- The poems may or may not have anything to do with gardens, gardening, or “nature” as it’s commonly considered.
- These aren’t finished poems but drafts that will be reshaped as time goes on.
We’ll see how it goes. I’m already two days behind! … but backdating posts for chronological simplicity.
Here are all the prompts, which will be linked to the forthcoming poems when they’re written:
- ring
- mindless
- bait
- freeze
- build
- husky
- enchanted
- frail
- swing
- pattern
- snow
- dragon
- ash
- overgrown
- legend
- wild
- ornament
- misfit
- sling
- tread
- treasure
- ghost
- ancient
- dizzy
- tasty
- dark
- coat
- ride
- injured
- catch
- ripe
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