Monthly Poet - one poem once a month

Monthly Poet is a free, public global poetry challenge. Each month we release four prompt words, and writers everywhere are invited to respond with a single 16-line poem that weaves all four in. July's words are Align, Sepia, Entry, Scoop.

There's no judging panel and no fee. Every submitted poem is published in the monthly gallery alongside work from writers in more than a dozen countries. The four-word, sixteen-line form is a disciplined constraint that consistently produces work of real craft and depth, and many participants return month after month.

Whether you write regularly or haven't written a poem in years, you're warmly invited to join this month's round. Browse the current gallery and submit your poem at monthlypoet.com.