MONTHLY CHALLENGE
Challenge yourself
We offer monthly challenges as a source of inspiration for our poetry. Feel free to submit or publish your very own interpretation of our monthly challenges.
monthly challenge
March 2025
CLEAR
This month I wonder what you think of when you hear the word CLEAR?
The Oxford English Dictionary lists 66 definitions ranging from being easy to understand (That’s clear), to being found innocent (You’ve been cleared)
But here’s the challenge: Write a poem inspired by CLEAR without using the word itself.
It could be about smooth skin, the transparency of glass, the need to evacuate a tower block, using a defibrillator, or being given permission for take-off into a cloudless blue sky.. The choice is endless and clearly up to you.
Clear enough?
Martin Pickard
"While in my bed, adventure book in hand, I dread the tread upon the stairs that means the loss of light foreshadowing my dreams."