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Hello Poetteers, Word Prompt Prayer Questions How do you pray and how does it feel? When and where do you pray? Does prayer help you and how? Has there been an unusual place you have prayed? How was that experience of praying in an unusual place? Sentence Starters I pray for Prayer is My heart
 The prompt is from my book, Journey to Healing . Stay inspired, Fida

Hello Poetteers, Sometimes we get stuck on an idea or want to experiment with our poetry. Prompts and poetic forms are a great way to get started. Pick a prompt word or phrase Jot down any thoughts Word association exercise  Answer guided questions  Highlight your favorite responses  Pick a poetic form Rearrange your responses to fit into the formula  Use a syllable counter  Search the dictionary and thesaurus  If you don’t like how it sounds or if it feels incomplete, finish the piece in free verse Example I’m ready to wake up and embrace the day, I’ll prepare myself a teacup, I’m ready to wake up, aware of the sounds of this moment, feeling the sun's rays, I’m ready to wake up and embrace the day. Stay inspired, Fida Read more: How to Come Up With Prompts

Hello Poetteers, Poetry prompts are great. This weekend I wrote an experimental poem. I attempted to write a triolet. The rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB. A (first line) B (second line) a (rhymes with first line) A (repeat first line) a (rhymes with first line) b (rhymes with second line) A (repeat first line) B (repeat second line) I didn’t think I would like the poem but I do. You may remember I don’t really like rhyme end words but I do love repetition. Rhyme end words felt forced and made the piece feel lighthearted. I love the word choice I came up with. If I didn’t write the poem like this I don’t think I would have used some of those words. It fits well. Honesty   if I’m being honest I love that the sun is shining  but I felt like an antagonist being here, around you  if I’m being honest  I feel strongest  when I’m trying to capture it in writing  if I’m being honest  I love that the sun is shining but I can’t feel it o...

Hello Poetteers, It's Fida. One thing I want to do with this platform is cultivate a community of encouraging women poets who share the struggles and joys of writing vulnerability in their poetry. Amy and I collaborated on this post to talk about vulnerability. 1. What does vulnerability mean to you? Fida : Vulnerability means sharing the depths of your heart. It is showing really personal thoughts, emotions and experiences. Amy : Vulnerability is the willingness to reveal the more fragile emotions within oneself, but within the right context. In other words, it's wise to be selective in using discernment in how much you choose to reveal your vulnerability, and to whom. It's important to protect some space around your vulnerability, while at the same time be willing to share it with a certain audience. 2. How do you embrace vulnerability in life? Fida : I embrace vulnerability by showing my emotions and weaknesses and not being afraid of it. It's also be...

Hi Poetteers, We love writing our free verse poetry but at times we get too comfortable and maybe even stagnant. To get ourselves out of that, we have to challenge our poetry. Here’s a few ways ti do that: Try a new poetry form. For example: haiku, epigram, and cinquain. Try a new poetic device you never used before. For example: alliteration, juxtaposition, or imagery . Use a unique writing prompt. For example: check out my book, Journey to Healing . Write a poem on a topic you never covered before. For example: look at older poems, maybe you never written poems about your body or about something spooky. Once you figure out what it is, write it. It’s okay if it’s bad and you don’t like it. At least you tried. It’s about challenging you voice and looking for your voice. Write a poem opposite from what you usually write. For example: if you write light poems, write a dark poem. Set a word or time limit. For example: write a poem in 5 mins or write a poem in ...

Hello Poetteers, I’m coming back from my hiatus a week earlier. I have a new set of prompts for you. There is another change to the poetry prompts. It’s phrases instead of words because with the poem a day challenge I saw how much I loved the challenge of having to include a specific phrase in a poem. I hope you enjoy the phrase prompts, too. Share your poems using #ShapeOfBeautiful . Get the Shape of Beautiful prompt bundle . Stay inspired, Fida

Hello Poetteers, In this video, I share how haiku can be a stepping stone to poetry. Fun fact: When I first got into poetry one of my first pieces was writing several haikus to be one long poem. I think that's where I found that poetry form wasn't for me but then being introduced to free verse and seeing it's my style. Stay inspired,  Fida 

Hello Poetteers, The June prompts are now live!! Share your poems using  #HeartToPoetry  and tag me @poetfida. The prompts are weekly, but I gave you a few extras to choose and play around with the words. All these prompts are up to your interpretation and creativity. Your Words Are:  Belong Trust Observations Heartsick Betrayal Scattered Left behind Hiatus  Stay inspired, Fida 

Hello Poetteers, Last month I told you there would be a change in the prompts. I'm going from having daily prompts to weekly prompts. #dailypoetrygram will be retiring after a year of prompts. There is a hope that each month will have its own hashtag unique to the prompts. The May prompts and poems have a new hashtag. You can repost my challenge graphic on your Instagram profile for reference. Share the poems on Instagram using  #ThreadsOfPoetry and tag me @poetfida. For in-depth questions to help with these word prompts you can purchase the poetry bundle . These questions are here to guide you in writing your poem. You don’t have to answer all the questions or use all your responses in the poem. Pick your favorite responses to be in the poem and rearrange them until you’re satisfied. These word prompts are up to your creativity and interpretation.

Hello Poetteers, Today's poetry challenge is the letter V. This is the last challenge I will be blogging about. You can find all the challenges in the April Poetry Bundle . Word Prompt Verse Questions What is your favorite verse from the Bible/Torah/Quran? Why is it your favorite? What does it mean to you? How is it incorporated into your life? Did it change your life and how? Include the actual verse somewhere in the poem. Share the poems on Instagram using #dailypoetrygram and tagging me @poetfida. These questions are here to guide you in writing your poem. You don’t have to answer all the questions or use all your responses in the poem. Pick your favorite responses to be in the poem and rearrange them until you’re satisfied. These word prompts are up to your creativity and interpretation. Stay inspired, Fida Find all the challenges in the April Poetry Bundle .

Hello Poetteers, Today's poetry challenge is the letter Q. You can find all the challenges in the April Poetry Bundle . Word Prompt Quit Questions What are you currently trying to do? What did you give up on? Why did you give up on it? Was it a good or bad choice to give it up? Poetry Form Quatern: This poem has 16 lines broken up into 4 quatrains (or 4-line stanzas). Each line is comprised of eight syllables. The first line is the refrain. In the second stanza, the refrain appears in the second line; in the third stanza, the third line; in the fourth stanza, the fourth (and final) line. There are no rules for rhyming or iambics. ( source ). Stay inspired, Fida  Find all the challenges in the April Poetry Bundle . 

Hello Poetteers, Today's poetry challenge is the letter L. You can find all the challenges in the April Poetry Bundle . Word Prompt Love and Lost Questions What was love to you when you were a child? What is love to you today? Did you lose something recently, how and why? Poetry Form A limerick is a poetry form in five lines with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, which is sometimes meant to be humorous. Share the poems on Instagram using #dailypoetrygram and tagging me @poetfida. These questions are here to guide you in writing your poem. You don’t have to answer all the questions or use all your responses in the poem. Pick your favorite responses to be in the poem and rearrange them until you’re satisfied. These word prompts are up to your creativity and interpretation. Stay inspired, Fida  Find all the challenges in the  April Poetry Bundle . 

Hello Poetteers, Today's poetry challenge is the letter G. You can find the whole challenge in the April Poetry Bundle . Word Prompt Give Questions How do you give yourself to the world?  How are you given your friends? What do your friends give you? How do you show gratitude?  Poetry Form Gogyohka was a form developed by Enta Kusakabe in Japan and translates literally to “five-line poem.” An off-shoot of the tanka form, the gogyohka has very simple rules: The poem is comprised of five lines with one phrase per line. ( source ). Share the poems on Instagram using #dailypoetrygram and tagging me @poetfida. These questions are here to guide you in writing your poem. You don’t have to answer all the questions or use all your responses in the poem. Pick your favorite responses to be in the poem and rearrange them until you’re satisfied. These word prompts are up to your creativity and interpretation. Example I show my heart to the world show...

Hello Poetteers, Welcome to the first day of the A to Z Poetry challenge. I won't be blogging every day. You can find all the challenges in the April Poetry Bundle . Today's challenge is the letter A. Word Prompt Ablaze Questions What sparked a fire in you? How are you fierce? What strong emotions are you feeling? What bright colors describe those emotions? Poetry Form Acrostic Share the poems on Instagram using #dailypoetrygram and tagging me @poetfida. This is all optional. These questions are here to guide you in writing your poem. You don’t have to answer all the questions or use all your responses in the poem. Pick your favorite responses to be in the poem and rearrange them until you’re satisfied. These word prompts are up to your creativity and interpretation. Example Burning Fiercely  I'm always asked about my faith and culture of why I fast and wear the headscarf blue with frustration and red with anger  instead of letting...

Hello Poetteers, As you know the A to Z blog challenge is coming up. April is also national poetry month. Of course, I found a way to combine the two events. Three years ago I wrote original poetry. This year I will be writing poetry prompts. Along with this, I'll be participating in the 100-day project. My project will be sketching my poetry. Follow along in #100daysofsketchedpoems. List of word prompts. For in-depth prompts, check out the April Poetry Bundle .  I won't be blogging every day like the challenge calls for. I will be keeping to my regular schedule of blogging once a week. That won't take away from the content or value of the challenge. You will be able to find all the poetry prompts in the April Poetry Bundle . Talking about the April prompts, this time last year I started #dailypoetrygram . I'm changing it up. I asked you if you wanted daily or weekly prompts and the chosen one was weekly prompts. Stay tuned next month for the change. T...

Hello Poetteers, I'm bringing in the new month with a new set of poetry prompts! These prompts are different. You got a taste of it in past prompts about culture and faith. The others have been fun, random and lighthearted. These are a bit more important, serious and mature. For in-depth questions to help with these word prompts you can purchase the poetry bundle . I'll be participating along side you. The prompts are up to your interpretation and creativity. You can repost my challenge graphic on your Instagram profile for reference. Be sure to tag your poems on Instagram with #dailypoetrygram so we can all see it.Tag me ( @poetfida ) so I can leave some love. Stay inspired, Fida 

Hello Poetteers! I'm bringing in the new month with a new set of poetry prompts! It's a bit different. I gave you 15 prompts. You can do it all in the two weeks or take the whole month to do them. I'll be participating along side you. The prompts are up to your interpretation and creativity. You can repost my challenge graphic on your Instagram profile for reference, or download the PDF version . Be sure to tag your poems on Instagram with #dailypoetrygram so we can all see it.Tag me ( @poetfida ) so I can leave some love. Get help with your poetry prompts with these questions, get your copy when you sign up for my newsletter . stay inspired, Fida

Hello Poetteers, I have another body part poetry prompt for you. You can check out part one and part two here . Questions to ask yourself: What was a friend’s compliment you remember? What body part was it of? Do you like or dislike that body part? How did the compliment make you feel? If you disliked, how will you start to love it? Answer these questions and keep your favorite responses. With those responses make it into a poem. Share it using #dailypoetrygram . Example: They love my smile see me always smile through the unsaid struggles and the tears that couldn't stop from falling I love my smile hearing them say that it grows bigger but underneath it my smile is crooked the overbite gets in the way still trying to accept it's a part of me. stay inspired, Fida

Hello October! I'm bringing in the new month with a new set of poetry prompts! I'll be participating along side you. The prompts are up to your interpretation and creativity. You can repost my challenge graphic on your Instagram profile for reference, or download the  prompt list pdf . Be sure to tag your poems on Instagram with #dailypoetrygram so we can all see it.Tag me ( @poetfida ) so I can leave some love. stay inspired, Fida

Hello Poetteers, Last month, I gave a prompt to write about your favorite body part . Today I want you to write about your least favorite body part. Questions to ask yourself : What do you dislike about your body? Why? It is something you can hide? How do you hide it? What can you do to start loving it? Share your poetry response on Twitter or Instagram with #dailypoetrygram . Example : I thought I was secure loving myself but it revealed itself I wasn't my shoulders looked big, announcing itself I always covered them even when I didn't have to I let myself feel comfortable in that Now I let myself sit with the uncomfortable it holds up my head holds the wight of the world it shows my strength. stay inspired, Fida