30 days of prompts: day 30

& round-up

Happy Tuesday!

And welcome to your last day (!) of prompts.

Here’s what I have for you today:

• The final prompt

• Housekeeping

• In review

• Tweets

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Day 30: Prompt

Write an abecedarian.

An abecedarian poem is

a poem in which the first letter of each line or stanza follows sequentially through the alphabet. (x)

Here are some examples:

• Hummingbird Abecedarian, Aimee Nezhukumatathil

• A Boy Can Wear a Dress, John Bosworth

• Alphabet Street, Randall Mann

• A Poem for S., Jessica Greenbaum

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Housekeeping:

I have too many books. Please buy some.

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Issue 9 of The West Review

came out this morning! You can read it in full here, and below are some previews:

The West Review @The_West_Review

Love this poem by @carolynsupinka. Read the rest here: bit.ly/3z5FztB

The West Review @The_West_Review

From @SoniaGreenfield's newly published poem. Read it in full here: bit.ly/3zdcYTh

The West Review @The_West_Review

Some lines we love from @burritotheif's newly published poem! Read it in full here: bit.ly/3M3kP8O

The West Review @The_West_Review

A few lines we love from @__rkay's poem, now published on our website. Read it in full here: bit.ly/3N7wrZR

The West Review @The_West_Review

The opening lines of @Professor_Gaga's poem. Read the rest here: bit.ly/3x2MjWN

Despy Boutris @itsdbouts

last but certainly not least: what an incredible conversation we had with @deanrader. a few highlights from the interview here (see attached). go read the conversation in full: bit.ly/3t7Iyhw

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In review:

Prompts I’ve given this month:

1. Write an ode.

2. Write a poem with “[A City/Place]” as the title.

3. Write a self-portrait.

4. Write an origin poem.

5. Write an epistolary poem.

6. Write a poem about getting older.

7. Write a poem that speaks to a broader world/societal issue.

8. Write an anti-sonnet.

9. Write a poem about the body.

10. Write a poem that touches on the topic of mental (or physical!) illness.

11. Write a poem about gender.

12. Write a poem that takes place at night.

13. Write a persona poem.

14. Write an ekphrastic poem.

15. Write a poem about (or including) anger.

16. Write a poem about (or featuring) the moon.

17. Write an ars poetica.

18. Write a nature poem (defined widely).

19. Write a love poem.

20. Listen to a song you love. Write a poem inspired by that song.

21. Write a poem about something ~ending.~

22. Write a poem about something that will always stick with you.

23. Write a poem that takes place in suburbia.

24. Write a poem in honor of LGBTQ+ Pride Month.

25. Write an occasional poem.

26. Use another poet’s line as your first line in a poem. (With credit)

27. Write a poem where the title’s a question.

28. Write a lessons-learned poem.

29. Write a how-to poem.

30. Write an abecedarian.

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Tweets:

Reductress @Reductress

Why Being Called on My Bullshit Is a Violation of My Boundaries: ow.ly/p6Su50JkwRR

KELGORE @KelgoreTrout

Criminal Tweets @crim_tweets_

Criminal Tweets @crim_tweets_

Criminal Tweets @crim_tweets_

natasha lyonne @nlyonne

Hi kids. Just to reiterate/mitigate any confusion: I am kate winslet & clea duvall is leonardo dicaprio & we attended the premiere of our film, the titanic boat, together - circa 1997.

Quilliam @nyquills

[Masterchef] Gordon Ramsay: describe the dish Me: *proudly* ceramic, chef

tara @proletarat

The real cancel culture is that you can’t even tweet that you wanna kill yourself anymore

Dan Winner of the Coney Island Comedy Festival @dan_wickes

The only thing worse than Swedish people not feeding their guests is what British people feed theirs

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

The cover of today's New York Times Sunday Review.

TOMATO FROG @violinbee01

living alone has improved my mental health 3000% however it also seems to have made me absolutely insane

Aman Batheja @amanbatheja

Helluva cover on the @nytimes Sunday Review section

Heidi Stevens @HeidiStevens13

Holy. Shit. What a brilliant, horrifying cover.

raquel s benedict @benedict_rs

"Holden Caulfield is so whiny and immature" he's a 15 year old who lost his kid brother and then witnessed a classmate's suicide and then went to the cool teacher for help and got possibly groomed instead fuckin give the boy a break here

Despy Boutris @itsdbouts

thread in which i squeal abt all the work published in @The_West_Review's newest issue ............ stand by

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That’s all I have for you today!

& as always, I hope you’ll consider buying some books or art or zines or giving me attention on Instagram. No pressure, though.

Talk soon—

-Despy Boutris