We are officially one week into April! Hopefully you have at least a couple of first drafts by now? Feel free to send any of them our way—we love to read them!

Onto the prompt…

Today’s Prompt

Write a single stanza poem (of any length) incorporating the ideas of Crowd, Music, and Window. What do you see or hear when looking out towards a busy city street? What do you wish was outside of your window? Where lies the object of your longing?

(A single stanza poem can be a great way to juxtapose many disparate elements together—not unlike a busy city street.)

Paintings and prompts:

Crowd

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/16863

What do you see when you look into a crowd of people?

Music

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/184372/portrait-of-emmanuel-rio

Write a poem that has the musicality of a song you love.

Window

https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/10A2Y1

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