October Theme: The Unknown
Big Question: Why are we drawn to mystery and uncertainty?
Week 1: Mystery
What I wrote below is based on the following creative writing prompt included in yesterday’s Writing Prompts That Stir Up Mysteries post.
Prompt: Interrogative Poem
Write an entire poem structured as a series of increasingly tense questions, where the reader must make out who is asking the questions, to whom, and why their questions are increasing in intensity.
Why did I choose it?
All I do is ask questions, though I’ve never done so in a creative way like this. And, as many of us know, there are always more questions than answers when it comes to love and intimacy, no matter what stage of either we’re experiencing, so…
My Response: The Is Love
Where Is the Great World? What Are Years? What Is Our Life? Can You Feel the Love Tonight? What Is This Thing Called Love? Do You Believe in Magic? Is It Just Me? Where Is My Mind? Who Has Seen the Wind? Are You Happy Now? Why Did I Laugh Tonight? Who Are You? Do I Wanna Know? Should I Stay or Should I Go? How Do I Love Thee? Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? Who Will Buy the Wine? Why Should I Care If the Sky Is Bright? What Do You Mean? Is This Love? If Thou Kiss Not Me? Are You Ready for Love? Is This It? Where Have You Been? What About Us? Is It a Crime? Who’ll Stop the Rain? Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Where Is the Love? Will You Walk the Line? Who Do You Love? How Deep is Your Love? When Will I Be Loved? Do You Believe In Life After Love? Why All This Strife? Is Not the World Sublime? How Do You Sleep At Night? Why Is the Room Dark? How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? Do You Love Me? Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Can’t You See That I’m Lonely? What’s Going On? How Should I Your True Love Know? What’s Love Got to Do With It? Are You Lonesome Tonight? Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? Am I Wrong?
My Reflection and an Invitation
When I first started writing today’s poem, all I could think about were song lyrics and titles, which inevitably branched out into lines of poetry and literature. So, the poem I wrote consists of song titles, titles of poems, and lyrical prose, which I thought fitting, as I kept humming different tunes as I was writing it, which made this writing experience fun. And its title? Well, what is love but a never-ending stream of questions? Which can be as nerve-wracking as it can be liberating, in all its forms and stages.
Did you complete one of the prompts in Saturday’s Writing Prompts That Stir Up Mysteries post?
Whether you’ve written a single paragraph or have filled pages, we’d love to see what these prompts inspired in you and your writing, or any other writing you’re working on this week.
We’ll be working on these prompts all weekend and throughout the week ahead and can’t wait to read what you come up with!
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