#sparksinseptember

[abrighterspark]

my elevator alter ego

lives for nights like these

antique mirrored glass and lights

that shiver in the breeze

skin on fire, hands like ice

steam hissing through the air

pressed against a wall; dashed hopes

and glitter in your hair

#sparksinseptember #spilled poetry #spilledink #writerscreed #twcpoetry #rejectscorner #poem #original poem #my poems #poetry prompts #alter ego #antique #spicy poetry #rhyme #poets on tumblr

[poppiesandpromises]

Sometimes I see you

A boy shaped like

Sunlight out of the

Corner of my eye

That homemade dimple

Winking, an apple-cheeked

Cherub, somehow five years

Old again and I am that little

Girl who used to love you like

Saturday morning cartoons

Like sleeping in after slumber

Parties, like the inside jokes

Of a childhood braided and it

Is still so unbearable that head

On you're gone, now just a

Blurred photo from

A brighter year

#poem #poetry #sparksinseptember #original poem #poets on tumblr

[lilmissvalecha]

Hello September

Morning of the first September was crisp and golden

Almost as if it carried the healing properties

Like it is here to renew your negative energy

with fresh, new and positive ones

Filled with strong scent of empty letters

singing a song of simple truth

Bringing in patience and determination at every door.

September breeze unveils a fragile heart

from it's endless clouds

Draped in fine linen

and settling in like an old friend does

The beginning of fall

fills the spaces with endless summer of love and stories

#spilled poetry #excerpt from a story i'll never write #spilled thoughts #excerpts from my writing #sparksinseptember #september #poetsociety #love poem #poem #poetry #summer of love

[abrighterspark]

#SPARKSINSEPTEMBER 2023 HAS ARRIVED ✨

You might recall my writing prompt challenge I bring back every year. Or if you're new around here, let me introduce you to #SparksInSeptember!

Back in 2020, I was so used to sharing my words that I wanted to turn the status quo on its head and hear what YOU had to say. Since then, I've read hundreds of creative pieces and even used these prompts to write a book in 30 days. Who knows what this year might bring?

Make sure to @ me and use the hashtag so that I can read your poems/words/art/creations - you're welcome to use them as figuratively or literally as you like. I'll be keeping an eye out both here and on Instagram.

Below are 2023's prompts, but I'll also link the previous lists for you as well if you want to check them out! Have fun and let's make some magic xx

2022 Prompts

2021 Prompts

2020 Prompts

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[abrighterspark]

#SPARKSINSEPTEMBER PROMPTS

we're back for year three of these september prompts!

heaps of you have been sharing last year's prompts this month, so i felt like i should also post the official 2022 list if you want a new selection to try. use your imagination to interpret these as loosely or literally as you like, and don't forget to tag me / use #sparksinseptember so i can read your words!

ice cream, melting

(nothing) especially interesting

exercised caution

double take

an excuse for a night out

80s jams in the underground

favourite singers

love in the laneways

georgia boy

coffee is always a good idea

blue stained glass

victorian gothic

amber glass bottles

transport tales

mind the gap

where we're walking

the skim of wings

the feeling of familiar

oxymoron

the colour of coconut

disconnect to reconnect

street art

under offer > sold > for sale

the last time i saw you

reconcile

internal monologue

the scent of jazz

side glance

repair, rewear

first times

check out the 2021 prompt list HERE. or, try the original 2020 prompts HERE.

#sparksinseptember #sparksofpoetry #spilledpoetry #poetryprompts #30 days of prompts #writing prompts #prompt list #spilled thoughts #spilled ink #spilled poetry #poets on tumblr #writersandpoets

[abrighterspark]

the French word for tongue is langue

and i let it lounge on my lips like a lover

curl around my heart like a prayer

as i remember -

langue

the language of lovers, the curse of the saints

the tongue, the source of sin

the lie of a liar, the praise of a win

the tongue, la langue

something so strong, it breaks hearts and wills

something so quick, it's silver, never still

la langue

no longer has the power to devour my words

la langue

no longer caught in a closing throat

la langue

no longer;

my tongue,

i conquer.

#sparksinseptember #poetry #writerscreed #twcpoetry #poetryportal #spilledink #inkstay #13cupsofteareblog #rebumbleblossoms #language #lovers #alt lit #french poems

[abrighterspark]

a love made of layers

you shimmer in the sunlight, backlit with the glow of a smile and a secret, a gem on the tip of your tongue lashing out with a lark or a laugh, a glimmer of goodness in each chime of your shine

a jewel, that's you the night, that's me you're the summer sensation glistening in my dusk the evening star against my ink-blot sky and i thought that was all of you and me all you and half me for always but somehow summer folds into copper and gold and i see the mettle hiding beneath your skin, glowing and growing and going further than i could ever go because i'm no beacon like you - no diamond-turned-to-gold - i'm a copper-coin copping the consequences for lies you coined.

but despite this, my copper-coin self forgives you because you shine in the sun; you're meant for the sun, and my copper-coin self forgives you, because she's destined for the shade and the shadows.

#sparksinseptember #poetry #prompts #writerscreed #poetryportal #twcpoetry #poets of instagram #poets on tumblr #spilled ink #spilled in poetry #copper #gold #metaphor #poets corner

[abrighterspark]

#sparksinseptember 2021 prompts

we're back with september writing prompts for the second year running! it might be a little far through to follow these day by day but feel free to use them beyond this month too! interpret these as literally or as figuratively as you'd like, and if you'd like some further details or to read some of the pieces so far, check out my insta :)

p.s. if you want me to see your poem here on tumblr, make sure your first tag is #sparksinseptember, and the next one is the prompt/s you used xx

thirty days hath september... take your first line from a nursery rhyme.

write a poem from the first column of your recently-used emojis

summer folds into copper and gold

a love made of layers

channel the child

what does 'intricate poetry' look like to you? write a piece or share a poem that you feel embodies intricacy.

your other self

enter ethereal, exit angst

share a poem that breaks your heart

share a poem that heals your soul

A is for Afterthought

a little catastrophe

language 101

"aim beyond morality. be not simply good; be good for something" - Henry David Thoreau.

triumph tastes like...

a paradoxic toxic thought

where keratin meets melanin

write a cinquain

villains in vienna

search instagram for an artist you don't already follow. write an ekphrastic poem, making sure to share and credit the artist.

fear slayer

familiar strangers

biscuits and broomsticks, i've done it again (and other mixed-up, made-up metaphors)

rainy days and poetic haze: pick the first song on shuffle from a random 'rainy day' playlist and write a poem.

hope's home

cards on the table

smells like city

excuse the intrusion

"you can't use up creativity. the more you use, the more you have" - Maya Angelou.

the poet's good luck charm

check out last year's prompt list HERE.

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[abrighterspark]

note to self: you won't realise you were no longer numb until the emptiness returns to the scourge of a stomach it calls home; you won't remember what it feels like to feel when it does

note to self: you won't know how to remove the restlessness - that shifting tide within you - you won't know why it calls on you to make moves and take names, take charge and make change you won't hear the fear in its voice until you've gone too far to take any of it back

note to self: you won't settle for mediocrity when you're experienced temptation sparks flying from your fingertips as they swirl across pure art dreaming, drawing, dragging out minutia into moments sculpted into memories too precious to forget; you forge ahead.

note to self: i am numb again this time i won't fight it i'll find it dig deep find purpose and return to numbness for comfort when it's done

#sparksinseptember #poetry #writerscreed #poets of instagram #poets and writers #poetry lovers #poetry blog #original poetry #i write poetry #spilled ink #spilled poems #note to self #numb again #self care #self healing

[abrighterspark]

a is for afterthought

but what thought came before?

could a thought be fought for,

darling, or is it the sort to walk out the door?

#sparksinseptember #poetry #poets on tumblr #writers of instagram #rhyming poems #verse #acrostic poem #having fun with poetry #writing is fun #abecedarian

[abrighterspark]

#sparksinseptember prompts

check out the 2021 list HERE.

on instagram this month, i’ve put together a list of prompts as writing and poetry inspiration. just for fun, i thought i’d also put it up here on tumblr and see if anyone wants to join in!

if you want me to see your poem, make sure your first tag is #sparksinseptember, the next one the prompt/s you used - and if you’re all keen, i might create a separate reblog account to share my favourites. also, if you want more insight into a prompt, check out my instagram stories on that day for some background context!

fragile bonds

a poem based on page 50 of the closest book

a poem of 100 words EXACTLY

a kingdom for a coin

wunderkammer

parentheses

a list for the lost

something broken, something blue

sensible profanities

“winter is an etching; spring a watercolour; summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all” - Stanley Horowitz, on seasons

your surrealist blur

sickly sweet and sour citrus

rhymes with spines

the letter ‘p’ - use a thesaurus, encyclopaedia or dictionary!

a snapshot of the daily grind

unsolicited memories

an eleven word elfchen

illuminate/ruminate

there are turtles in the trees

to be old and wise, you must be young and wild

ourselves as ourselves

use a tv series episode title as inspiration

finally caught

war of the roses

“thoughts that breathe and words that burn” - Thomas Gray, on poetry

translation

nope, not here

break even

dream a little

tribute

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[abrighterspark]

tessellated patterns

shift restlessly over the grass

reds and golds, drifting free at last

metallic essence glowing,

backlit by the sun

leaves unfold, their orange tinting done

shadows dance and flutter through the trees;

a gentle descent, cradled by the breeze

until they land, and suddenly

the ground is tiled in something grand

#autumn mosaics #writerscreed #poetry #spilledink #poetry portal #original poetry #new poetry #fall #autumn #poetry quotes #art #seasons #poetry on autumn #spilled thoughts #spilled words #spilled rhyme #poetry community #writerscommunity #sparksinseptember

[abrighterspark]

lift your eyes towards the moon,

gleaming in the gloom...

let loose your midnight madness;

spill your secrets and your sadness

#poetry #writerscreed #twcpoetry #poetry portal #midnight #madness #secrets #sadness #poets on tumblr #moon #alliteration #poetry on life #poetry on anxiety #focus #journalling #spilled ink #spilled poetry #spilled thoughts #spilled words #sparksinseptember #ourselves as ourselves

[abrighterspark]

swallow your love

softly

and in silence

.

bury it

in shallow bites

of truth

.

how many times do we send love to its grave, only for it to rise and consume us once again?

#poetry #spilledink #love poems #poets on tumblr #writerscreed #poets #rhyme #hold your tongue #unrequited love #poetry on love #poetry on heartbreak #broken heart #consume #sending love #unsolicited memories #sparksinseptember #spilled poetry #spilled thoughts

[abrighterspark]

siren, siren...

why don’t you call to me,

singing that soul-stealing tune?

i’m here, waiting... wanting...

why don’t you reach for me?

siren, siren...

you look at everyone but me

are there really so many fish

swimming in this beautiful sea?

siren, siren...

why don’t you call to me?

wrenching heart from ribs

steering ships to rocks

tearing sinew apart

i’m waiting... willing...

for that soul-stealing tune

so sing to me, siren

claim my vow as your own

control my limbs, my heart, my mind

i’m yours, i pledge to your throne

sing to me, my siren...

sing to me

#100 words #poetry #poets on tumblr #siren #spilled ink #spilled poetry #spilled thoughts #my thoughts #rhymes #short poems #writerscreed #poets of ig #words #poetryriot #sing to me #sparksinseptember

[abrighterspark]

he’s everything i could ever need,

a cabinet full of wonder:

captured curiosity and cool collected calm

midnight madness beside cloudy daze

and a bottle of his poison

a penny given for his thoughts

a compass for his reason

seven of his promises,

and his secrets (there’s a few),

freedom floating through the shelves

and understanding, too

his creative spirit sits in wait

next to trust and strength

leaving room for mine to join (when it’s ready to)

everything i could ever need

is collected in one place

he is my wunderkammer:

my treasure, my love, my fate

#sparksinseptember #poetry #spilledink #amwriting #tumblr poets #spilled poetry #curiosity #poetry prompt