Multiplying Gravities—Prompts Inspired by Maya C. Popa

Five more days to go! I hope you are keeping up (better than I am)!

I thoroughly enjoy the imagery and craft here. If you like the poem too, check out Maya C. Popa’s books and classes: https://www.mayacpopa.com. So many books to add to the towering stacks.

For the first prompt, define what a love poem is within your poem, relying on metaphor (or multiple) to explain.

For the second, build the poem around the extended metaphor of the poem as a room, inviting the reader in.

The third is to use the line “Look how we’ve made” a ghostline, erasing the line after you’ve drafted the poem and crediting the poet.

The last is to write a poem using the following list of words: “window,” “remainder,” “whale,” “affection,” “patient,” “dissolving,” “convention,” “gravities,” “blink,” “gallery “and “likeness.”

Bonus prompt: write a poem about entering this reflected world.

Good luck!