Poetry Prompt For October 2026
Please italicize within your poem
The poetry prompt sentence/word MUST appear within your poem, not merely as a title! 

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Write an acrostic poem spelling out the word 
“O-C-T-O-B-E-R.

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Each submission must have; SUBMISSION/October2025 Poetry Prompt in the subject line.

GUIDELINES:

Please type your name under the title.
Please send poems in the body of an email; no attachments.
Please type poems flush left to the margin, avoid complicated indentions.

Send submissions to Sharmagne Leland-St. John
  

and to Michael Escoubas.



SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 15th, 2025

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