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April's Prompts Voice Prompt Write from the point of view of one of the four classical elements, Earth, Fire, Water or Air. Form Prompt This month we would like you to write a triolet. What is a triolet, you ask? A triolet is a French verse of eight lines and two rhymes. Out of these eight lines, five of them are repeated or refrained lines. In the following illustration, these five lines are represented by the alphabet A/a: A – first line of the poem B – second line of the poem a – rhymes with the first line A – identical to the first line a – rhymes with the first line b – rhymes with the second line

March's Prompts Voice Prompt Write from the point of view of a puppet. Form Prompt This month we would like you to write a Luc Bat. A poem in this form can have as many or few lines as you choose, as long as they have six and eight syllables alternately (six on the odd-numbered lines, and eight on the even-numbered, meaning that you must start with six), and adhere to the rhyme scheme: OOOOOA OOOOOAOB OOOOOB OOOOOBOC OOOOOC OOOOOCOA I say again, there is no set length. The example above could be longer or shorter, but whatever happens the final line must rhyme with the first line. For an example, and a much fuller and clearer expla

:new: Important Update! Hello, all. With our lovely administrator, julietcaesar (https://www.deviantart.com/julietcaesar), heavily occupied with regular real life and natural disasters (do drop by and give her your best wishes), I have offered to take over both here and at simplyprose (https://www.deviantart.com/simplyprose) until she has time on her hands once again. I logged in just now to discover that I was the only person to have submitted anything for February's prompts.* Well, guys, you still have a few days and we are still paying attention. Well, now we are. So do please get something written - I'd love to showcase something in this journal other than my own work! Rachel (julietcaesar (https://www.deviantart.com/julietcaesar)) and I have