This evening David Lehman will be reading from Next Line, Please: Prompts to Inspire Poets and Writers at:
Book Culture
82nd Street and Columbus Avenue
New York City
7pm
Join us for a night of literary magic, beautiful books, and a reading of the prompts that started it all.
For next week, start your poem with the first clause of Lord Byron's Don Juan: "I want a hero" and see what comes next! Extra points to those who write in Byron's legendary form: an ottava rima stanza—eight lines long, rhyming a-b-a-b-a-b-c-c.
You could also write a brief poem about Lord Byron beginning with his line, “I want a hero.” Twelve lines or less, and as a model consider W. H. Auden’s poem that begins, “A shilling life will give you all the facts.”
Have fun with it! The next few days of rain might be the perfect time to pass in the library rereading Byron or reading up on his extraordinary life.
As always, visit the American Scholar's page to read the full post and to enter your candidate!
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