Prompt Sites 2025

Prompts are a valuable way to get you writing – they may not produce the poems or stories that you are looking for but they are a good way of […]

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Exercises

Unity

Imagine unity, see a world of oneness – what would it be like to be part of this? How would it be better or worse, freeing or claustrophobic, never lonely, […]

Pep Talks

One Week In

We are at the end of the first week of the WoPo challenge and chances are that some of you are doing really well and that you have whizzed a […]

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Activity

Activity – what does the word conjour up for you? Scurrying ants or water skiing? Maybe your aunt is 70 + and still running her own little farm and scaring […]

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Serenity

Serenity and peace of mind, the zen and all composure. What gives you a sense of serenity? Do you have a calming meditation? Or are you a Firefly fan? Think […]

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Verbosity

As a writer you may well suffer from verbosity or verbal diarrhea! Normally in poetry we are trying not to be overly verbose but in this case it maybe fun […]

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Sincerity

Sincerity is a good word for poets to take notice of. Be honest with your writing even if it brutal or insipid or something you feel anxiety over sharing, remember […]

About WoPo

Happy Birthday WoPo!

This year marks the 5th year that WoPoWriMo has existed as a poetry writing challenge and we are celebrating! As you can tell by our birthday tea! There will be […]

About WoPo

A beginning…

So WoPoWriMo begins again. A month of poetic madness. The challenge should you choose to accept it, is to write a poem a day for the month of February. Now […]

About WoPo

2013 Sign Up

This year we are not using the pledge page but doing the sign up in comments if you want. So if you wish to take part in this challenge of […]

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Inspiration Jars!

After last weeks post everyone on the team made their own jars – we all really liked the way this decoupage jar turned out. You can tell it is a […]