PSH Prompts |
Somewhere Lost over the Rainbow PSH Somewhere Way up high Over the rainbow Past the rail road tracks There is another land Another world Found only in one’s dreams And nightmares And dark lullaby In this dream world One dreams do come true But only if you believe The dream gods Take you there Nightly To the other world But what if the other world Is the real world And this world Is nothing but an illusion A dream world Within a dream world Lost in a dark world Of one’s own creation?? And what if you Can never awaken Back to this world? Lost forever In the land On the other side Of the rainbow? [Verse 1] Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby [Verse 2] Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true [Bridge] Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me [Verse 3] Somewhere over the rainbow Bluebirds fly Birds fly over the rainbow Why, then, oh, why can't I? This poetry writing prompt submitted by Lara Dolphin: Somewhere over the Rainbow . . . there’s a poem. Write constrained poem using only the words allotted to Dorothy Gale in MGM’s The Wizard of Oz. To build up a lexicon, you could watch the movie over and over or for a handy transcript click here. Bonus points if your poem touches on a theme from the movie e.g. “There’s no place like home.” If you write a poem from this prompt, post it as a comment underneath the prompt in the Poetry Super Highway Facebook Group. April 16, 2023: poetry writing prompt from karen watts |