{"id":11317,"date":"2022-02-09T08:47:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T15:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=11317"},"modified":"2022-02-09T08:47:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T15:47:09","slug":"poem-from-character-sketch-prompt-628","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/poem-from-character-sketch-prompt-628\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem from character sketch . . . Prompt #628"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Prompt #1<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think about someone important in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Someone who made an impact on you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write a list or a few paragraphs of events in this person\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It could be milestones or simple everyday things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prompt #2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turn what you just wrote into a poem with these suggestions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make this a numbered poem. Each stanza gets a number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each stanza is four lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each stanza represents a chunk of time in the person\u2019s life, perhaps by decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love child<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tossed around<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whose arms held her?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who comforted her?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Showing off<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Late for work<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not a charm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to Susan Furness<\/a> who suggested this prompt at Recovery Writing of Idaho<\/a>, organized by Norma Jaeger<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image from “The Write Spot to Jumpstart Your Writing: Connections<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#justwrite #iamawriter #freewrites<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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