Poetry Prompt: Five Random Words Poem

Lauri Kay Burke
Mar 17, 2021
Photo by Jonas Mohamadi

This exercise asks the writer to choose 5 random words and write a short poem using them. The words I’ve chosen are:

give bitter smolder invigorate awake

Indulge Me

Give me a drizzle of mocha on cake
Bitter, sucre to my taste

Flavor with smolder in its wake
Caffeinated to invigorate

When I’ve imbibed down to the plate
Mizzle more ‘til I awake…

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