Here’s your poetry prompt for today:

Today’s Prompt

Write a hermit crab poem at the intersection of Waterfall, Heart, and Joy.

A hermit crab poem, like its cousin the hermit crab essay, is a poem that takes the form of text that exists in everyday space. Letters, recipes, government forms, emails, job postings, Craigslist personal ads, etc. Get creative with your form—let it pulse, let it waterfall, let it stumble into joy.

Here are some prompts and paintings:

Waterfall

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/56146

Write a poem that flows slowly, then drops suddenly.

Heart

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-heart-1930-karl-wiener.html

What do you carry in the museum of your heart?

Joy

https://app.fta.art/artwork/efab4c645e5276a0a564b69c34a00a7e522b9b24

Write an ode to something uncelebrated.