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Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides Blog

Are you passionate about writing poetry? Check out Robert Lee Brewer’s blog, Poetic Asides. You’ll find poetry prompts, solid tips on writing poetry, interviews with poets, and blog posts highlighting poetic forms like chant, haibun or nonet poems, rispetto, and prose poetry. Sit back, relax, and learn more about the craft of poetry!

WD Poetic Form Challenge: Senryu

May 23, 2013 | Robert Lee Brewer | Comments: 127

It’s been two months since our last poetic form challenge and the April PAD Challenge is over, so let’s get another one started. This time around, the challenge is to write senryu, … Read more

Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 220

May 22, 2013 | Robert Lee Brewer | Comments: 106

Sorry for the late prompt today. Was finishing up some edits on Writer’s Market all morning. For this week’s prompt, write a late poem. I know, I know–how original! But seriously, write … Read more

Karen Rigby: Poet Interview

May 16, 2013 | Robert Lee Brewer | Comments: 1

Please welcome Karen Rigby to the Poetic Asides blog! Rigby is the author of Chinoiserie (Ahsahta Press, 2012), winner of the 2011 Sawtooth Poetry Prize, and of the chapbooks Savage Machinery and … Read more

Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 219

May 15, 2013 | Robert Lee Brewer | Comments: 152

For today’s poetry prompt, write an “on the run” (or “on the loose”) poem. Could be a person on the run, or an animal, or even an idea. Here’s my attempt: “stopping … Read more

S. Thomas Summers: Poet Interview

May 10, 2013 | Robert Lee Brewer | Comments: 3

Please join me in welcoming S. Thomas Summers to the Poetic Asides blog. Summers is a teacher of Writing and Literature at Wayne Hills High School in Wayne, NJ and an adjunct … Read more

Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 218

May 8, 2013 | Robert Lee Brewer | Comments: 154

For this week’s prompt, write a chapter poem. This could be the first chapter of a book…or last chapter. It could be the chapter of an organization. Or a chapter of your … Read more

WD Poetic Form Challenge: Rispetto Winner

May 6, 2013 | Robert Lee Brewer | Comments: 9

It took awhile, but here’s the winner post for the most recent poetic form challenge: the rispetto. I enjoyed reading both versions, though I noticed most poets favored the 8×8 version, including … Read more

2013 April PAD Challenge: Next Steps

May 1, 2013 | Robert Lee Brewer | Comments: 10

Okay, now that we’ve poemed, I’m looking forward to the next step, which is where poets pick five of their favorite poems from the April PAD Challenge and send them in to … Read more

Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 217

May 1, 2013 | Robert Lee Brewer | Comments: 200

I hope to get the next steps for the 2013 April PAD Challenge up either later today or tomorrow, but in the meantime, we’ve somehow landed on a Wednesday already–first day out … Read more

2013 April PAD Challenge: Day 30

April 30, 2013 | Robert Lee Brewer | Comments: 275

Today is the final day. We made it! Tomorrow, we’ll revert back to our Wednesday Poetry Prompts, though I won’t be surprised if quite a few poets take a breather. I’m also … Read more

2013 April PAD Challenge: Day 29

April 29, 2013 | Robert Lee Brewer | Comments: 206

After today, there’s just tomorrow. How did we get through April so fast? For today’s prompt, take a line from one of your poems (preferably one of your April poems), make it … Read more

2013 April PAD Challenge: Day 28

April 28, 2013 | Robert Lee Brewer | Comments: 300

Only three days left! Let’s push to the summit. For today’s prompt, write a shadorma. For those new to the shadorma, it’s a fun little 6-line poem that follows this syllable count: … Read more