Getting started with the Poetry for People project is pretty simple and quick to do! While you’re more than welcome to use the resources and visual poetry prompts on the site for other poetry projects, there are many ways to interact with the project that take less than 5 minutes! Whether it’s everyday, once a week, or just when you have some extra time, here are a few ways to participate. Write a poem! Find an image on the the site that inspires you, and write a poem using the submission form below the image. Submit a photo! Visit the photo submission page to upload your own inspiring image, tell us what poetic form...
First Ice Cream
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Today’s image was shared by Ben Rimes – “While on vacation during Spring Break, my wife and I treated out 2 year old to his first real ice cream cone. Considering how quickly it was melting, he did a great job finishing the vanilla cone off, and staying relatively mess-free.” Today’s poetic form is Cinquain. Please submit your poem...
Camel Train
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Today’s image was shared by Lou McGill – “Taken on a camel safari in the Mongolian desert” Today’s poetic form is Tanka. Please submit your poem...
Envision
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Today’s image was shared by John Nguyen – “This image is of my two classmates walking ahead with the sun and sky overhead. Everything lined up quite beautifully and it was a picture i couldn’t miss. It did not just display the beauty of the environment, the sun and...
Imitation of Life
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Today’s image was shared by Lou McGill – “A mannequin in a hairdressers window in Glasgow taken on black and white film with my favourite camera a lomo-lca” Today’s poetic form is Cinquain. Please submit your poem...
Checkmate
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Today’s image was shared by Ben Rimes – “While playing a rather large game of chess in a park in central Geneva, my chess partner and I discovered this rather intimidating rook standing guard over one of the chess boards.” Today’s poetic form is Epic. Please...
Priorities
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Today’s image was shared by Ben Rimes – “There comes a time in everyone person’s life when they’re at a picnic, it starts raining, and you have to ask yourself if it’s worth keeping yourself dry or protecting the food on the grill. Those attending my annual...
Colors
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Today’s image was shared be Ben Rimes – “While walking through the art section of a large department store, I found this amazing wall of Caran d’Ache art pencils. I couldn’t help but think of all the amazing creations someone could create with all of the...
Juxtapose
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Today’s image was shared by Ben Rimes – “I saw these two videos laying on top of the TV, and couldn’t help but take a picture of the interesting juxtaposition created by the sticker and the title on the boxes.” Today’s poetic for is Limerick. Please submit...
Tattered
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Today’s image was shared by Nicole Rimes – “I took this in the butterfly house on Mackinac Island in the straits of Michigan. This butterfly seemed to look quite old and worn with it’s tattered wings.” Today’s poetic form is Prose. Please submit your poem...
Enlightening
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Today’s image was shared by Ben Rimes – “I took this image while one of the 2nd grade classrooms in my district was exploring their MacBooks and Google Apps for the first time. It was quite enlightening to see how well they adjusted to the idea of working in the cloud. That, and the glow from the screens was awesome.” Today’s poetic form is Cinquain. Please submit your poem...
Bus Stop
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Today’s image was shared by Ben Rimes – “A night shot taken at a bus stop in Geneva, Switzerland. While waiting for the late bus back to our hotel, I took this shot of the few people milling around the central train and bus station. I used a special filter on my camera to...
Crude but Awesome
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Today’s image was shared by Tom Woodward – “Herbie the love bug on steroids? The hippie red neck? German engineering meets Southern hospitality? You decide” Today’s poetic form is Cento. Please submit your poem...
Grandfather Tree
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Today’s image was shared by Brad Wilson – “This mammoth was discovered while hiking the trails at Sarrett Nature Center in Benton Harbor, Michigan. It’s lack of spring buds & wide, winding branches made for great contrast against the damp spring...
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