Author: Charlottesville Writing Center

Charlottesville and central Virginia's most celebrated writing resource center. Founded in 1996, the CWC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that continually raises the bar for community stewardship in art and education every day.

Poems on demand

Your $5.00 gets you a poem, written by the CWC staff and mailed to you.

The poem may be on any subject. It will be at least 10 lines long.

We shoot for a one week turn around.

Send your $5.00 and your request to:

Charlottesville Writing Center
PO Box 5608 Charlottesville, VA 22905

Writing Prompt September 21, 2010

Here’s your first line borrowed from Stephen Dobyns:

“These are the first days of fall”

Write a poem or story that begins with this line and also ends with this line. Include the following other things in your piece:

1) must mention an amount of money
2) must mention and explain a scientific term
3) must have at least 10 words that use double consonants and double vowels (two of which must have both pairings, like balloon)
4) must mention the full name of a controversial hero.
5) must include one item that is already of your Christmas list to give.

Have fun!

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Writing Prompt September 15, 2010

Write a poem or story in which numbers occur in sequence. For example:

“Last Tuesday, Sara had eaten one piece of the new pies they served at the restaurant. It was the best pie she had ever tasted. She asked the waitress where the pie was from. On the weekend she stopped by the shop where the pies were made and bought two. Three weeks later she was at the restaurant again and thanked the waitress for the lead on where to get the pies……”

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