If you want an extra challenge this month, try participating in our current WD Poetic Form Challenge for the kimo.

For today’s prompt, write a breaking poem. The poem could be about breaking down walls, break dancing, breaking up, or breaking stuff. However you’d like to break it down and then write your poem.

Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.

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Here’s my attempt at a Breaking Poem:

“Kingdom”

If it’s not broken
it could break
in the future
we wait for pieces
to trickle down to us
like children
wanting to take
the bread broken for us
like a body
or a promise
of something yet to come.