Young Writers Society

Poem A Week
Mar 1, 2023

Que, Seirre, Spearmint, Euphory, tatteredbones, Omni, Liminality, winterwolf0100

Your prompt is march -> marching bands, marching troops, march the month ... any interpretation works! Happy new month! <3

Poem A Week
Feb 20, 2023

spatula, tatteredbones, winterwolf0100, Que, lliyah, Plume, Seirre, Liminality, Spearmint

Also still time to try out the #PeopleTabPoetryTagbook or the #PeopleTabFoundPoem Prompts! Click the Social Month banner to learn more. #SocialMonth

Poem A Week
Feb 20, 2023

tatteredbones, winterwolf0100, Que, Seirre, Liminality, Spearmint

Your prompt this week is to define a word in a seemingly inaccurate or contradictory way and make a poem out of that!

for example: stairs are clouds -

stairs are clouds;
i suppose they stretch,
and floors are ladder rungs,
and I suppose Jacob must have been confused,
mixing up dreams with heaven,
unless we have been confused
mixing up stairs for steps.

or quick another example:

the definition of a mile
depends on where you're going
one hundred miles is in theory a distance travelable
by car, or horse, or foot, or plane
in practice though, these miles stretch infinitely long
and even more-so when you try to cross them.

Poem A Week
Feb 18, 2023

tatteredbones, EsmerayaRose, LuxLuthor, Seirre, winterwolf0100, Que

Don't miss this!

lliyah wrote:Ah!!!! Looking forward to this for sure!

Seirre wrote:

February 18
Week 3

Poetry can be a great way to express yourself individually - but it offers an equally great opportunity to connect with friends, strangers, and other poets alike. Since it's social week, what better way to celebrate our poetry community than with a poetry slam?

If you've never head of a poetry slam before, it's an event in which people go up to a mic and perform their spoken-word poetry in from a large live audience (and often a judge panel as well). We won't have judges at our poetry slam (or technically a mic, either), but we will have lots of poetry recordings, friends, and hype!

To participate, all you have to do is record yourself performing one of your poems (vocaroo.com is a popular website for that) and bring that link to the official Slam Poetry WFP. If you don't have a poem you want to share, and just want to come listen, that works too. Our slam poetry event is schedule for . I'll post the link to the pad on my wall when the event starts, so keep your eyes peeled for that!

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Poem A Week
Feb 11, 2023

Spearmint, Plume, 4revgreen, Seirre, Liminality, Que, winterwolf0100, tatteredbones, Stringbean, lliyah

Inspired by a post by @4revgreen write a poem inspired by e.e. cummings' poem "Grasshopper". Perhaps a poem told from a non-human pov with formatting or word-choice that communicates that difference. Perhaps play with form in a way that illustrates the meaning more than the linear sentences. However you decide to get inspired is great! Feel free to share your results here if you write something you're proud of. I'd love to give it a read.

Poem A Week
Jan 29, 2023

Liminality, winterwolf0100, Spearmint, tatteredbones, Plume, Stringbean, LuxLuthor, Que

Up for a poetry challenge? Check out the thread that has the latest Review Day Results -> here and use at least 10 of the "top 20 words" in your next poem! If you complete the challenge comment below with a link and I'll send you 200 points for your efforts!

Poem A Week
Jan 25, 2023

tatteredbones, Plume, EsmerayaRose, Stringbean, winterwolf0100, Liminality, Spearmint, waterfalls

Hey there! It's great to see new members joining the club Welcome to @yamatri and @Megha024. This club is for posting poems in a single thread endeavoring to write a poem a week, or a poem a month, or another such goal. It's also for sharing poetry prompts and writing poems for those prompts.

Folks are free to comment on any of the threads you see, though if you want a formal review your best bet is posting in the "Publishing Center" which you'll see a link for at the top of your page.

Hope you enjoy the club! Keep poeting.

Oh! A prompt? Today's prompt is "unexpected weather forecast" -> interpret how ever you'd like!

Liminality
Jan 18, 2023

lliyah, Que, Spearmint, winterwolf0100

A poetry prompt that came to me in a dream: anagrams.

An anagram is a word or phrase formed by changing the order of the letters in another word or phrase. For example, `triangle' is an anagram of `integral.' -- Collins Dictionary

Liminality
Jan 13, 2023

winterwolf0100, lliyah, Spearmint

Heya! Hope this club doesn't mind me popping in, but as a follow-up to that previous post:

Poetry Readers wrote:Here's the pad link for January's discussion! It doesn't officially start for 15 minutes, but feel free to hop in

Poem A Week
Jan 13, 2023

Plume, Seirre, winterwolf0100, Liminality, tatteredbones, Que, Spearmint

Poetry Discussion Opportunity in a few hours - > Watch the people tab for more info!

lliyah wrote:I'm really glaring at my schedule because I'm not going to be able to go to this! But I hope you all do! Jump in the pad in a few hours and discuss poetry, it'll be fun! <3

Liminality wrote:

Liminality wrote:A reminder that this is coming up at the end of this week! Check the date below to see when that will be (it adjusts to your timezone). See you there!

[quote="Liminality"][quote="Liminality"]Hello hello! Happy new year, everybody! On - Poetry Readers discussions kicks off again with a new twist. For this discussion, we're going to try this out: every participant brings a poem (not one they've written themselves, but one they've read and enjoyed reading). For example, if you really like Shakespeare, you can bring one of his sonnets and paste it in the WriterFeedPad. (This applies to any poet you enjoy - though if you'd like to bring a poem by a fellow YWSer, make sure you ask them for permission first!) Additionally, please remember to add a rating or warning in the pad on the line before the poem if it contains content that may warrant such a warning. Using YWS's content guidelines is a good idea, and you can also use more specific warnings. Feel free to ask if you're not sure if something needs to be warned for!

We'll then chat about the poems in the pad. There will be some general prompts provided that could apply to a wide range of poems, but feel free to come up with your own questions for the poem you'll bring based on your interests. Discussing poetry is a fun activity that can also help you think about your own writing, whether it be poetry or prose.

If you have any questions about how this will work, you can ask Liminality! (And if you haven't please subscribe to / join the Poetry Readers club! It's a fun space for people to chat about poetry they've read.)

The link to the pad to join will be posted via the Poetry Readers club and in the People's Tab.

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Poem A Week
Jan 11, 2023

winterwolf0100, tatteredbones, Spearmint, Que, Liminality, EsmerayaRose, LuxLuthor, Stellarjay

Ope just noticed club avvie is a bit out of date -> your prompt this week is New Year or New Year Resolutions!

Poem A Week
Dec 22, 2022

Liminality, tatteredbones, Seirre, winterwolf0100, Que, Spearmint

Feel like discussing a nice wintery poem? Join the discussion of Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost in the poetry discussion forum! Would love to hear what you think!

Poem A Week
Dec 20, 2022

spatula, Seirre, tatteredbones, Spearmint, Liminality, winterwolf0100, Que

This is such a fun activity - do take part in it! What's your poetic style?

Also for your prompt this week, let's try writing a poem that is the "quintessential YOU poem" use all your fave imagery, your stylistic choices that you always seem to repeat, and your favorite words, imagery, and metaphors. This is kind of the opposite of the " #ImitateMe " hashtag in that you're actually trying to imitate yourself!

Poem A Week
Dec 16, 2022

Que, Seirre, Omni, Liminality, Nate, Spearmint, tatteredbones, winterwolf0100

Inspired by the recent "Certified User" mayhem - your poem inspo / prompt is imitation. You can try imitating another poet, poem, or style of writing, or maybe write a poem in the style of a song that you like, or your poem could be on the subject of imitation / alias / identity.

Enjoy!

- alliyah™