A friend from my main writing group (hi Marie!), gave me an idea that I’m thrilled with, the idea of posting a writing prompt every day in February. So, I’m going to find my little box of writing prompts I’ve put away ‘somewhere safe’.
I think I know where this ‘safe place’ is and very soon, I will look for it, so I will be able to put up a new prompt every day for February. I’m looking forward to this, and will quite likely post my own response every day, if I’m happy with what I’ve written.
So the safe spot wasn’t where I thought it might be, but that doesn’t mean this Prompt a Day creative writing spectacular won’t happen, no way! My mind is abuzz with writing prompts, and I’ll easily find a new one for every day!
Finding something to write about can be a thing that stops new writing at times, but for me, the difficulty is actually dealing with all of the ideas I have. But new prompts leading to new ideas, are always good things, for writers, particularly if they have a possible new book in the offing, as I do, several new books, in fact.
One of those potential books is another poetry collection, which I hope will meet the approval of the publisher I send it to. If that is to happen though, I have to make the collection the best I possibly can, and having a broad range of my own poems to choose from will certainly help.
So I hope February, and the writing prompts I’m going to post (one every day of February), will help both me personally, and other people too, to find poetic and/or creative writing success.
So if you, or anyone you know, wants something that will give creative ideas, why not come and visit every day next month! May February be the month that really brings your writing alive!
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 
I am looking forward to seeing your prompts for February and I am going to make myself write something for each one, even if it is just a very short poem of a few syllables.
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This is great to hear Marie, I’m excited, I have the list ready, and as long as my lap top works, it will happen. Hmm, I’d better make sure I send myself a copyof the list, just in case …
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Many thanks Marie, I’ve been expanding on some of the prompts in response to your comment, but trying not to be too didactic, I would never want to be limiting of any person’s creativity!
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I have decided to share a poem I wrote when I was about 16.
I Am
I am
Somewhere in an infinite
Expanse of space,
A splinter of flashing light.
I struggle upwards,
Am forced down
By superior entities,
But I succeed
And at the top
Present myself
To the almighty decider,
A complicated, incomprehensible
Network of standards, morals
And practicalities
Which will decide my future.
Shall I thrive in honour and glory,
Or be rejected, scorned and ridiculed,
Abandoned to die in humiliation,
Ashamed of those few minutes
In which I dared to exist?
I may be a marvel, a wonder,
A whole new way of thinking,
Or one of millions upon millions of failures,
I am, just a thought.
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Wow, that’s pretty darned good for one so young, M!
arie! Very good, at any age, but 16, awesome
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you got a second prompt up yet, Carolyn ?
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