Poetry Prompt – April 11

April 11 – Google Poetry

1. Pick some random words, as few or as many as you want. Think of words you like, or open a book or dictionary to a random page and pick a word.

2. Google the words one at a time.

3. Pick a short phrase containing each word and make a poem using the phrases. It doesn’t have to make sense.

From the Muse Library: Maker of Shadows by Joshua Coben. Maker of Shadows finds regions on the map-Mumbai, Cape Cod, the Midwest, the Middle East-and in the mind where violence alternates with laughter, and despair gives way to desire. Tropical islands soon to be submerged plead for tourists, and Sun Belt cities beckon those who would deny death. Yet these poems find humor and solace in daily life, from irreverent looks at banks, dogs, and gods, to glimpses into the inner lives of a rat exterminator and a father bathing his child.