The Weekly Prompt 6.16.25
The Summer Solstice
Below is a seven-line prompt. These prompts help guide you through the creation of a poem. You can fill in the blanks with your lines or draw inspiration from the framework laid out for you.
This week's prompt is designed to help you connect with the summer solstice.
The Title: “Threshold ______”
Line 1: “Still sun ______”
Line 2: “Roots _______”
Line 3: “A crossroads _____”
Line 4: “Solar _________”
Line 5: “The woods _______”
Line 6: “Creature ________”
Line 7: “Summer _______”
I wanted to share mine this week…
Threshold, Dancing Across and into Summer
Still sun in the sky, sending a message down
to the roots in the crossroads of the earth.
This is the solar time of year, when the woods
howl a cacophony of ritual humming, creatures
alive in the dream of midsummer,
dancing in the in-between, reaching up.
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The Threshold Beckons
A silent and still sun climbs to its peak.
Roots barrel into the earth, ensuring greenery remains steadfast.
Yet, a crossroads, complete with Her beckons. Persephone prepares again, Hecate awaits.
Solar winds entice flowers and ferns to dance.
The woods, rustling, beckon furry ones to shade and shadow.
Creature of the Crossroads, we shall meet when the night sky is an inky black
Summer’s seasonal demise starts again as Hades’s mouth slowly opens.