What is a Poetry Marathon? A Poetry Marathon is a creative endurance test. Writers from all around the world are invited to take part. Throughout the event all participants will be writing at the same time, to the same creative prompts which are posted at the beginning of every new hour. Inspired by The Poetry... Continue Reading →
Event Date: 11 November 2023 9am EST (2pm GMT) The Quarter Crazy is a Poetry Marathon run by Amanda Potter, a writer and poetess based in Florida, USA. Amanda has been running the Quarter Crazy since March 2020. The Quarter Crazy runs as four separate twelve hour events throughout the year, each event representing a... Continue Reading →
Forever Distracted By Life Editor's Update #FoDiByLi Sunday 01 October 2023 https://youtu.be/G_sYb2i3-jE Editor's Update: Hi, I’m DS Coremans, some of you already know me as the Editor in Chief of the Creative Platform ‘Forever Distracted by Life’. In 2014, I established a website which I intended as a personal portfolio and blog. Over the years... Continue Reading →
Forever Distracted By Life Poetry Prompt #FoDiByLi Monday 26 December 2022 Write a poem with the title ‘What I Got for Christmas’. Feel free to share your work here on Forever Distracted By Life or on any of the linked #FoDiByLi platforms below: Poetry on #FoDiByLi Any and all styles and forms of Poetry are... Continue Reading →
Forever Distracted By Life Poetry Prompt #FoDiByLi Monday 19 December 2022 Write a poem which uses slant rhymes (words which almost rhyme).You may choose to find slant rhymes for some of these words:silver - purple - month - ninth - pint - wolf - opus - dangerous - marathon - discombobulatehttps://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-slant-rhyme-understanding-the-definitions-of-slant-rhyme-and-why-slant-rhymes-are-useful-in-writing-with-examples#3-classic-examples-of-slant-rhymes Feel free to share... Continue Reading →
Forever Distracted By Life Poetry Prompt #FoDiByLi Monday 12 December 2022 Write a poem with at least five stanzas. Feel free to share your work here on Forever Distracted By Life or on any of the linked #FoDiByLi platforms below: Poetry on #FoDiByLi Any and all styles and forms of Poetry are encouraged and enjoyed... Continue Reading →
Forever Distracted By Life Poetry Prompt #FoDiByLi Monday 05 December 2022 Write a poem about finding snow in an unusual place. Feel free to share your work here on Forever Distracted By Life or on any of the linked #FoDiByLi platforms below: Poetry on #FoDiByLi Any and all styles and forms of Poetry are encouraged... Continue Reading →
Forever Distracted By Life Poetry Prompt #FoDiByLi Monday 28 November 2022 Write a Golden Shovel. If you haven’t written a poem of this style before check out the example provided and the link below which will provide a little more insight into this fun form. e.g.‘Golden Shovel poems are fun to write.’The Golden Shovel‘All of the... Continue Reading →
Forever Distracted By Life Poetry Prompt #FoDiByLi Monday 21 November 2022 Write a poem which repeats one line at least four times. Forms you might find useful for this prompt are: Villanelle - Pantoum If you do choose to write a Pantoum, you may wish to use this awesome Pantoum Generator created and shared by... Continue Reading →
