Poetry Prompt Day 9: Lyrical Poetry

In September I shared some insights on thinking lyrically when writing poetry.  So let's take it a step further and try writing a poem with a lyrical feel in mind. 

Writing Prompt: Choose a musical style that you enjoy that fits what you'd like to write about and think in that style as you craft your poem. Think about *scansion in relation to that musical style and write your poem as a song. It can be short, long, a story song - anything you feel. Let go of any preconceptions you may have about prose and write what you feel musically. 

*scan·sion

ˈskanSHən/

noun

1. 1.

   the action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm.

Take inspiration from some of your favorite artists and think about some of the lines that you find particularly poetic and pay attention to how they get the message across. Are they compact, little bites of deliciousness or are they lavish and intricate?  It can rhyme, but it doesn't have to. 

"whisper words of wisdom...let it be" - paul mccartney 

"life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" - john lennon 

"What I am is what I am, are you what you are, or what?" - edie brick ell

"we're one...but we're not the same...we get to carry each other, carry each other..." - bono

"i wanna knit you a sweater, i wanna write you a love letter, i wanna make you feel better, i wanna make you feel...free..." -joni mitchell

Write a poem that could be set to music! Have fun!

Share your poetry with us by linking up. Make sure you visit your neighbors one or two before and after. If you are last on the list go back to the beginning of the list. If you are the first few on the list please go back to the day before and visit the last on the list if you haven't already. Have fun!

1.	All Alone + Hopeless Romantic (2 Poems!)	15.	Esther Spurrill Jones	29.	Rhian Williams
2.	Georgia aka Bastet	16.	Ankit Sharma	30.	Christine
3.	alfred booth	17.	Shannon Curtin Mazur	31.	beth teliho
4.	Shah's Scribbles	18.	Ron Potter	32.	Quinn
5.	Spectra from Team Netherworld	19.	Lady Whispers	33.	Write, Right? by Annie
6.	yikici	20.	Julie Jordan Scott	34.	Linda Roy
7.	zoe- the well tempered bard	21.	Philomel Chowdhury	35.	Jennifer Cunningham
8.	viv blake	22.	Nimue	36.	Beth Camp
9.	Janet Parfitt	23.	Steph Beth Nickel	37.	Mark Jones - I Met a Fair Maid
10.	Payal Agarwal	24.	Nikita	38.	Annis Cassells
11.	Misky	25.	Samantha F	39.	Kailynn- GingerSass
12.	Lilith Colbert	26.	snlkc (Lyrical poetry in Hindi)	40.	Anna Stewart
13.	Lance Smith	27.	Andrea Moore	41.	Jenna Amundson
14.	Aavika	28.	Amy McGrath	42.	odhran

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