A poem is born!

“You can't make poetry simply by avoiding cliches.” —Theodore Roethke

These prompts are intended simply to get you started. The rest is up to you. (Hint: edit ’til you love it or it sparks a better idea.) Not all combinations will work or even make sense.

If that’s the case, or if a given prompt simply doesn’t get your dinghy up to sea level, hit the reload button below and we’ll serve up another one for you.

Finish the sentence “I come from...” and go on to write a poem about babies.

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