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30 days of prompts: day 12

Despy Boutris
May 13
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Happy Friday!

Here’s what I have for you today:

  • The prompt

  • To-read


Day 12: Prompt

Write a poem that takes place at night.

Or, alternately: Write a poem about night.

Here are some examples:

  • Nocturne, Gwendolyn Bennett

  • In the Evening, William Reichard

  • Dream Variations, Langston Hughes

  • from Please Bury Me in This [Looking up in the dark I thought..."], Allison Benis White

  • Night Falls Like a Button, Chen Chen

  • The Whole World Is Gone, Jennifer Grotz

  • One Night, Mathias Svalina

  • Nights On The Peninsula, D. Nurkse

  • Crepuscule du Matin, Amy Lowell

  • Night, H. D.

& a few of my own poems that take place at night:

  • Moonless Pastoral

  • At Crescent Park


To read:

  • 8 Books About Women’s Rage


See you tomorrow with a new prompt.

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-DB

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