1. write a poem about hellos

2. write a poem/letter to your future self

3. write a poem based of your favourite fairy tale

4. write a poem in the style of a dictionary entry

5. write a eulogy

6. write a metaphor about your favourite season

7. write a poem about something that makes you happy

8.  write a poem describing a colour, without using the name of that colour in the poem

9. write an honest poem about yourself. don't hold anything back.

10. write a poem about the moon without using the words: "bright" "shine" "dark" "crater" and "moon"

11. write a poem based off your favourite lyric

12. write a poem in the perspective of a stranger

13. write a response to a shakespeare sonnet

14. write a poem about a place you'd like to visit

15. write a poem in the point of view of a book

16. write a poem with a hidden meaning

17. write a poem about a natural disaster

18. write a poem that starts with one word and ends with the opposite (i.e. truth...lies, up...down)

19. write a poem based off a picture.

20. write two poems - both sides of a relationship

21. write advice you'd like to give people

22. write in the perspective of your favourite fictional character

23. write a list poem

24.  write a twenty four word poem

25. write a poem based off of your favourite myth/mythology

26.  write a poem about someone you wish you knew

27. write a poem entirely of dialogue

28. write a blackout poem

29. choose a word and write and acrostic poem about it

30. write a poem about goodbyes.

A/N: this is credited to a lot of tumblr poets who attempted this challenge and ended up with beautiful results :)