http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/section-129-inspiration-for-those-in-need Collected writing prompts. Please add as you will. en 2000-2008 stephan@shakespearesmonkeys.com stephan@shakespearesmonkeys.com 42.65614 -71.334 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:59:21 GMT Yet Another Community System http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 59 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2813-forbidden-words http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2813-forbidden-words the sun fails, but do you? anstey Prompts & Challenges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2813-forbidden-words#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2813 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2813 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2813 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2822-100-words http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2822-100-words No more. No less anstey Prompts & Challenges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2822-100-words#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2822 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2822 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2822 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2825-a-to-z-in-one-easy-sentence http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2825-a-to-z-in-one-easy-sentence Pangramatic poem anstey Prompts & Challenges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2825-a-to-z-in-one-easy-sentence#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2825 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2825 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2825 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2828-american-x-pression http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2828-american-x-pression Categories...not words anstey Prompts & Challenges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2828-american-x-pression#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2828 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2828 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2828 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2799-an-image-prompt http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2799-an-image-prompt "Artist - Jan Hisek Title - The Sacrifice Have at it The Sacrifice anstey Prompts of Any Sort Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2799-an-image-prompt#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2799 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2799 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2799 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2802-ashley-s-equine-challenge http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2802-ashley-s-equine-challenge Write an equine poem. Name a type of horse - Bay, Friesian, Clydesdale, Arabian, pinto, Peruvian Paso, etc.  Then, write a poem about it anstey Prompts & Challenges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2802-ashley-s-equine-challenge#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2802 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2802 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2802 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2801-be-the-primate http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2801-be-the-primate You're a non-human primate (monkey, gorilla, mandrill, chimp, etc). Tell us what kind and write a poem about how you interact with others of your kind. Add a link to your poem here too so everyone can comment anstey Prompts & Challenges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2801-be-the-primate#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2801 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2801 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2801 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2805-big-cats http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2805-big-cats You are a big wild cat anstey Prompts of Any Sort Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2805-big-cats#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2805 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2805 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2805 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2832-big-mess-. http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2832-big-mess-. We should delete this as soon as possible. BUT, For now, we can use it anstey Inspiration for those in need Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2832-big-mess-.#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2832 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2832 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2832 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5762-burning-bush http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5762-burning-bush This is a challenge to expand your mind in uncomfortable directions. Our passions often blind us to things. Since most poets hate George Bush, he becomes an excellent tool for this excercise. If however you are a Bush supporter, then go the other way, write the opposite, or pick something that you passionately oppose, and support it in poetry anstey Prompts & Challenges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5762-burning-bush#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5762 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5762 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5762 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2814-by-numbers http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2814-by-numbers This exercise invites you to create a poem by filling the gaps with appropriate words anstey Prompts & Challenges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2814-by-numbers#comments 2 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2814 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2814 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2814 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5761-chapstick-and-death http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5761-chapstick-and-death These challenges stack.. the hard poem assumes all the limits of the easy and medium anstey Prompts & Challenges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5761-chapstick-and-death#comments 5 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5761 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5761 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5761 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5183-copy-of-fill-in-the-blanks http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5183-copy-of-fill-in-the-blanks Can be whole sentences or partial. Stanza breaks are personal choice. Only rule is that the 'I am' lines are the same anstey Inspiration for those in need Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5183-copy-of-fill-in-the-blanks#comments 11 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5183 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5183 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5183 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2815-cubist-writing http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2815-cubist-writing Stream of conscious? Poem? Short story? Surreality? anstey Prompts of Any Sort Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2815-cubist-writing#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2815 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2815 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2815 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2808-damn-those-british-bastards http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2808-damn-those-british-bastards Paganini pointed us there. Blame her anstey Prompts & Challenges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2808-damn-those-british-bastards#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2808 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2808 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2808 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2804-elephants http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2804-elephants Ready for another writing prompt? anstey Prompts of Any Sort Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2804-elephants#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2804 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2804 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2804 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2803-fill-in-the-blanks http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2803-fill-in-the-blanks Can be whole sentences or partial. Stanza breaks are personal choice. Only rule is that the 'I am' lines are the same. I am____I wonder__I hear__I see___I want__I am____I pretend_I feel__I touch___I worry___I cry___I am__I understandI say___I dream___I try___I hope__I am____ anstey Inspiration for those in need Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2803-fill-in-the-blanks#comments 10 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2803 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2803 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2803 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5764-green-bottomed-tiger http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5764-green-bottomed-tiger Simple little challenge inspired by $10,000,000 and a club anstey Prompts & Challenges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5764-green-bottomed-tiger#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5764 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5764 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5764 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2826-half-dozen-of-the-other http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2826-half-dozen-of-the-other 666? what the hell anstey Prompts & Challenges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2826-half-dozen-of-the-other#comments 6 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2826 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2826 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2826 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5763-hopping-skotch http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5763-hopping-skotch Leanne pointed out that the quote is not iambic, therefore one can't make iambic blank verse. Feel free to adjust the first line to work with the meter anstey Prompts & Challenges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5763-hopping-skotch#comments 0 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5763 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5763 http://shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5763