#WaterPoemProject: Day 22, Meg Eden

It’s Day 22 of our #WaterPoemProject — 30 days of water-themed poetry prompts from your favorite children’s authors. How do you feel heading into our last week?If you’re looking for National Poetry Month writing prompts, we’ve got you covered. Start with Day 1 and you’ll have poetry prompts from now through the end of April.New to this project? Please read the Introduction and FAQ. Or you can watch this video of me describing how to participate. It’s on the YouTube channel Authors Everywhere.Maryland-based poet and young adult author Meg Eden is sharing a writing prompt with us today.Meg’s prompt is: Surprising Connections

Make a list of your favorite words. Then pair them in sentences with water and see what funny, surprising combinations you can make. (e.g., Water is a dinosaur. Water is a desert. Water is a chocolate pie).Pick your favorite resulting sentence and then try to explain it in a poem: Why is water a dinosaur? (Maybe it roars, coming out of your sink.)Need ideas? Run your hands under the sink faucet. Drink a glass of water. Pay attention to what sensory details are around you, and what surprising connections you can make between seemingly unlike things.***Are you ready for some unexpected word combinations, poets?  Your goal is to draft a "surprising connections" poem by the end of the day tomorrow, Monday, April 13, 2020.

If you’re doing the #WaterPoemProject with a group, be sure to share or post your rough draft, read other people’s poems, and cheer for their efforts. Or leave your poem here, in the comments.

Meg received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Maryland College Park. She teaches creative writing and has taught at a range of places, including Anne Arundel Community College, Southern New Hampshire University online, University of Maryland College Park, Eckleburg Workshops, and The Writer's Center in Bethesda. She also worked as the advertising manager at AWP.

 She is the author of five poetry chapbooks, the novel Post-High School Reality Quest, and the forthcoming poetry collection Drowning in the Floating World. She is also a participating author with the PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools program. She runs the Magfest MAGES Library blog, which posts accessible academic articles about video games. Find her online at www.megedenbooks.com or on Twitter at @ConfusedNarwhal.

***#WaterPoemProject Series Posts:Project IntroductionFAQPrompt 1: Irene Latham, The Language of WaterPrompt 2: Elizabeth Steinglass, What Would a Raindrop Say?Prompt 3: Linda Mitchell, Found HaikuPrompt 4: Shari Green, Fogbow FibonacciPrompt 5: Margaret Simon, The Taste of WaterPrompt 6: Heather Meloche, The Shape of a WavePrompt 7: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, A Water MemoryPrompt 8: Laura Shovan, Rainy Day OppositesPrompt 9: Kathryn Apel, Silly SolagePrompt 10: Buffy Silverman, A Watery HomePrompt 11: Kara Laughlin, Frozen FogPrompt 12: Debbie Levy, Jump into a LimerickPrompt 13: Joy McCullough, What Are Water Bears?Prompt 14: Linda Baie, Frozen Water SkinnyPrompt 15: Chris Baron, The Hidden World of WaterPrompt 16: Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Water WordplayPrompt 17: Susan Tan, The Sound of WaterPrompt 18: Mike Grosso, Waterplay!Prompt 19: R. L. Toalson, Wishing WellPrompt 20: Margarita Engle, Ode to the ShorePrompt 21: Faye McCray, Poem in a BubblePrompt 22: Meg Eden, Surprising ConnectionsPlease support the #WaterPoemProject authors by buying their books from your favorite independent bookstore.