7 Storytelling Poetry Prompts

See Storyteller #1, here.

Rotoscope Project by Caroline Kjellberg. Kjellberg website

First Mentor Poem

Pearlie Tells What Happened at School
DIANE GILLIAM FISHER

Source: wanderingwithwastedwords.tumblr

Poetry Prompt #1

1. Write a poem about a story you’ve told before.  Maybe this time try it from the other person’s voice/point of view.
2. Tell me about rocks, about “petrified,” about what happened at school.
3. If a person dies doing a job they always did, what do they become? Write a poem about turning into the thing you do.

Second Mentor Poem

Bait
JACOB SAENZ

Poetry Prompt #2

1. Write a poem about an errand you didn't want to do.
2. Tell me about "fishing" for something.
3. Tell me about "baiting."
4. Write a poem with an extended metaphor.