New Poetry/Flash Fiction Opportunity During Your COVID-19 Staycation

Hi all - While we're all doing our part to slow the spread of COVID-19, we all want and need ways to stay engaged socially and creatively. To help with that, Ann Arbor Poets Online has teamed up with the Open Mic Poetry Meetup to bring you a new online forum for sharing your work! The team here is going to be putting up new writing prompts a few times a week to get you launched on a new poem or piece of flash fiction. Plus, we're hosting a weekly ZOOM meeting where we can share what we've written. Details will be coming soon on this site, and on Facebook and Meetup.

Today's Word Prompt is the Word "Angry"

This blog is devoted to a select group of poets. We're starting with poets from the Ann Arbor area, but, hey, if you're from Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw or the Upper Peninsula, then that is okay, too. We've even been so generous to accept poets from other parts of the USA and the entire country of Canada!  

Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. How to submit will be very easy.  Just put your poem or short story  in the comments section and hit post. You may not immediately see your post, but it is there under the "Comments" section. You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem.  It is there on another page.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's extremely worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt is the word "angry".

Today's Poem or Flash Fiction Prompt: "back"

This blog is devoted to a select group of poets. We're starting with poets from the Ann Arbor area, but, hey, if you're from Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw or the Upper Peninsula, then that is okay, too. We've even been so generous to accept poets from other parts of the USA and the entire country of Canada!  

Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. How to submit will be very easy.  Just put your poem or short story  in the comments section and hit post. You may not immediately see your post, but it is there under the "Comments" section. You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem.  It is there on another page.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's extremely worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt is the word "back".

Today's Prompt: The word "dry"

Prompt for November 5, 2016: Sanity

Our goal is to provide you with several prompts each week to inspire a poem or short story. 

To submit, just put your poem or short story in the "Comments" section and hit "Publish". 

To see your poem, you will need to click "Comments" again.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now so that you can post here.  

Use these prompts and the ensuing poems or stories that they generate and get your writing out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt: "sanity".

Prompt for November 4, 2016: Advent

Our goal is to provide you with several prompts each week to inspire a poem or short story. 

To submit, just put your poem or short story in the "Comments" section and hit "Publish". 

To see your poem, you will need to click "Comments" again.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now so that you can post here.  

Use these prompts and the ensuing poems or stories that they generate and get your writing out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt: "Advent or advent".

advent:

the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event.

"the advent of television"

synonyms:

arrival, appearance, emergence, materialization, occurrence, dawn, birth, rise,development; More

• the first season of the Christian church year, leading up to Christmas and including the four preceding Sundays.

  noun: Advent
• CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY

  the coming or second coming of Christ.

  noun: Advent

Prompt: April 4 2016: club

Our goal is to provide you with periodic prompts to inspire a poem, a piece of flash/fast fiction, bit of a song, whatever.

To submit, just put what you've written in the "Comments" section and hit "Publish". 

To see your poem, you will need to click "Comments" again.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Prompt: March 28 2016: Irregular

Our goal is to provide you with periodic prompts to inspire a poem, a piece of flash/fast fiction, bit of a song, whatever.

To submit, just put what you've written in the "Comments" section and hit "Publish". 

To see your poem, you will need to click "Comments" again.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Prompt: March 21 2016: Calendar

Our goal is to provide you with periodic prompts to inspire a poem, a piece of flash/fast fiction, bit of a song, whatever.

To submit, just put what you've written in the "Comments" section and hit "Publish". 

To see your poem, you will need to click "Comments" again.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt:the word "donut" or "doughnut"

Our goal is to provide you with several prompts each week to inspire a poem or short story. 

To submit, just put your poem or short story in the "Comments" section and hit "Publish". 

To see your poem, you will need to click "Comments" again.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now so that you can post here.  

Use these prompts and the ensuing poems or stories that they generate and get your writing out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt: "donut or doughnut".

Today's Prompt: "pair/pairs/pairing"

Our goal is to provide you with several prompts each week to inspire a poem or short story. 

To submit, just put your poem or short story in the "Comments" section and hit "Publish". 

To see your poem, you will need to click "Comments" again.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt: "pair/pairs/pairing".

Today's Prompt: "canvas"

Our goal is to provide you with several prompts each week to inspire a poem or short story. 

To submit, just put your poem or short story in the "Comments" section and hit "Publish". 

To see your poem, you will need to click "Comments" again.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt: "canvas".

Today's Prompt: "patriot/patriotism/patriotic"

Our goal is to provide you with several prompts each week to inspire a poem or short story. 

To submit, just put your poem or short story in the "Comments" section and hit "Publish". 

To see your poem, you will need to click "Comments" again.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt: "patriot/patriotism/patriotic".

Today's Prompt: "an early (or my earliest) summer memory"

Our goal is to provide you with several prompts each week to inspire a poem or short story. 

To submit, just put your poem or short story in the "Comments" section and hit "Publish". 

To see your poem, you will need to click "Comments" again.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt: "an early (or my earliest) summer memory".

Today's Poem or Short Story Prompt: "overflow"

Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. To submit, just put your poem or short story  in the comments section and hit "Publish". You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem.  It is there on another page.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's extremely worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt: The word "overflow".

Today's Poem or Short Story Prompt: The Word "Figure"

Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. To submit, just put your poem or short story  in the comments section and hit "Publish". You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem.  It is there on another page.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's extremely worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt: The word "figure".

Today's Poem or Short Story Prompt: The Word "Gum"

This blog is devoted to a select group of poets. We're starting with poets from the Ann Arbor area, but, hey, if you're from Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw or the Upper Peninsula, then that is okay, too. We've even been so generous to accept poets from other parts of the USA and the entire country of Canada! 
Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. How to submit will be very easy.  Just put your poem or short story  in the comments section and hit post. You may not immediately see your post, but it is there under the "Comments" section. You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem.  It is there on another page.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's extremely worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt: The word "gum."

Today's Poem or Short Story Prompt: The Phrase "A Little Less"

This blog is devoted to a select group of poets. We're starting with poets from the Ann Arbor area, but, hey, if you're from Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw or the Upper Peninsula, then that is okay, too. We've even been so generous to accept poets from other parts of the USA and the entire country of Canada! 
Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. How to submit will be very easy.  Just put your poem or short story  in the comments section and hit post. You may not immediately see your post, but it is there under the "Comments" section. You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem.  It is there on another page.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's extremely worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt is the phrase "a little less."

Today's Poem or Short Story Prompt: (2 of 2 - see below for details!)

This blog is devoted to a select group of poets. We're starting with poets from the Ann Arbor area, but, hey, if you're from Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw or the Upper Peninsula, then that is okay, too. We've even been so generous to accept poets from other parts of the USA and the entire country of Canada!

Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. How to submit will be very easy.  Just put your poem or short story  in the comments section and hit post. You may not immediately see your post, but it is there under the "Comments" section. You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem.  It is there on another page.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's extremely worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt is a little different: there are 2 of them. This is the second one:

"It was early morning (but/and) the white moon was nearly full..."

Today's Poem or Short Story Prompt: (1 of 2 - see below for details!)

This blog is devoted to a select group of poets. We're starting with poets from the Ann Arbor area, but, hey, if you're from Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw or the Upper Peninsula, then that is okay, too. We've even been so generous to accept poets from other parts of the USA and the entire country of Canada!

Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. How to submit will be very easy.  Just put your poem or short story  in the comments section and hit post. You may not immediately see your post, but it is there under the "Comments" section. You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem.  It is there on another page.

You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section.  Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's extremely worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now!  This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.

Today's poem or short story prompt is a little different: there are 2 of them. This is the first one:

"It belonged in the distance - that was its domain..."