Poetry Prompt 13 – No Punctuation

Today’s prompt is to write a poem which features no punctuation other than line breaks.

You might like to consider:

• How can you use line breaks in lieu of all other punctuation?
• Can you help to punctuate your poem by how it is formatted on the page?
• What part does punctuation usually play in your poetry – what happens if you just remove it unthinkingly?
• Is there a clever way to replace punctuation – e.g. could we write it in as we might in an old fashioned telegram?
• Can you use the lack of punctuation to make your poem special?
• Should you draw attention to the lack of punctuation or attempt to hide it?

 

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Happy reading, happy writing -and if you do write, don’t forget to post your poem (in full or as a link) in the comments below so we can all enjoy it.

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