30 Day Poetry Challenge

Together in Central Oregon

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April is Poetry Month! To celebrate, we’ve created a “Together in Central Oregon” prompt series. Join us in writing a poem each day and sharing in this creative community experience.

Sign up for a class to explore the prompts in community. At the end of the month, we’ll host an open mic night on Wednesday the 29th to share your creations!

Tag @theopenartscenter on IG throughout April so we can read and highlight your poetry

  1. An ode to your favorite roundabout

  2. What is it like to be authentically yourself in Central Oregon?

  3. A recipe or list of instructions for how to be happy in Central Oregon

  4. A moment that felt like home in Central Oregon, even if it was messy or imperfect

  5. Your favorite place in Central Oregon to read a book (prompt by Big Story Bend)

  6. A love letter to your favorite view in Central Oregon

  7. A response to folks who want to move to Central Oregon

  8. A thank-you note to your least favorite thing about Central Oregon

  9. Your favorite season in Central Oregon (prompt by Dori Jansen)

  10. If the land of Central Oregon could speak, what would it say to its inhabitants?

  11. A memory in Central Oregon involving snow

  12. Make fun of a stereotype of Central Oregon, then apologize

  13. A description of a time you felt lonely in Central Oregon

  14. How to find community in Central Oregon

  15. The best meal you’ve had in Central Oregon

  16. Why do you live here?

  17. What would the Central Oregon of 20 years ago say to the one of today?

  18. A thank-you note to those who stewarded the land of Central Oregon before it was heavily populated

  19. River musings

  20. “What if Central Oregon…”

  21. The world through a Central Oregon creature’s eyes

  22. “Never have I ever” (Central Oregon edition)

  23. A haiku about your favorite native plant or tree

  24. Imagine if the Three Sisters were alive

  25. Your favorite Central Oregon tradition

  26. Your honest feelings about the roads in Central Oregon

  27. A person you admire in Central Oregon

  28. What have you learned from the trees in Central Oregon?

  29. What are your creative outlets in Central Oregon?

  30. A magical memory in Central Oregon