Hello lovely poets and poem lovers! What say y'all to trying out this prompt: Overcoming Adversity
Tap into the raw power of the human spirit and consider these guiding questions as you write:
What was the fire? Describe the challenge you—or a character—faced. Was it loss, doubt, illness, a broken relationship, or something more intangible?
How did you endure? Show the small moments of courage, the whispered hopes, the stubborn refusal to give up.
What sparked change? Was it a helping hand, an inner realization, a sudden shock?
What remains after the storm? Reveal the scars, the lessons, and the new strengths that rose from the ashes.
Make it personal or imagine someone else’s struggle. Use vivid imagery—heat, smoke, light, and rebirth—to make your reader feel both the pain and the triumph.
Challenge: End your poem with one line of hope so bright it feels like dawn breaking.
Here's a Short Poem to kickstart this:
Ash settled heavy on my shoulders,
Each breath a bitter winter wind.
I counted broken promises like stones
In a river too swift to cross.
But in the hush before dawn’s first glow,
A single ember nestled in my palm—
A pulse of warmth against frostbit fear.
I closed my fist around that spark.
With trembling hands I fanned its glow,
Whispering dreams back into flame.
Smoke curled into wings, carrying
All my sorrows toward the sky.
Now morning finds me standing tall,
Scars gleaming like silver threads—
Proof that even after the darkest night,
We rise.
—And in that rising, we find our light.
