The Magic Words: Simple Poetry Prompts That Unlock the Creativity in EveryoneDiscover the joy of expressing what’s inside you, with fill-in-the-blank poems that are sparking a creative movement We all have stories inside us—whether or not we consider ourselves “creative.” Poet and novelist Joseph Fasano has developed a remarkable tool that allows anyone to experience the joy of creative expression. The fifty simple yet powerful prompts in this book are poems that you complete yourself. By adding just a few words of your own, you create something beautiful and wholly new—that comes from within. Discover the magic of putting your feelings into words—and be inspired by sample poems submitted by people of all ages and walks of life. Exploring themes like friendship, love, grief, gratitude, and hope, these inclusive, accessible, and deceptively simple poems express powerful emotional truths—written by you. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
How to Use This Book | 4 |
Self | 9 |
Questions | 12 |
Affirmation | 14 |
Love | 18 |
Guilt Shame | 20 |
Gratitude | 24 |
Anger | 28 |
Happiness | 32 |
Sadness | 34 |
Grief | 36 |
Worries | 40 |
Silliness | 42 |
Loneliness Solitude | 44 |
Disappointment | 26 |
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a/an ADJECTIVE a/an I'd wish a/an NOUN ADVERB Alliteration ancient Greeks ANIMAL beautiful beginning blank pages book to freewrite darkness dreams dreamt of a/an Echidna favorite poem fear feel like a/an finished story Forgiveness free verse give hear heart is a/an helps us connect helps us express helps us feel helps us remember helps us speak iambs images John Keats Joseph Fasano lemon tree line breaks Ling VERB Listen lives Loneliness look Magic Words Mantra mean moon move mysteries never notebook Notes NOUN D NOUN THAT RHYMES once wrote ourselves parents POEM TITLE Poet poetic Poetry Prompts prompt helps prosody repetition rhythm and meter scansion shadows silence solitude someone SOMEONE'S NAME Sometimes song sorrow soul story syllable followed teacher tell thank Today told truth unstressed syllables waiting walk Wild Thing write you’ll