Hey fam, hope y'all are doing good. New Update: • You can now pin your own posts to your profile (one post, per user) • Viewing people that liked a post is also available. Please update the app to see these new features. ❤️...Read more

Here's a little activity for you today 😜 Take a stroll around your neighborhood, or in your garden. Maybe to the park? Even the supermarket counts. What do you see? Let your gaze zero in on anything. Let it hold your interest. The point of this activity is to observe. Take notes. Come back. Bett...Read more

Greetings family Here's an interesting questions for you. How do you interpret darkness? Ask yourself this question. Turn inward. Would you call it a gift? Or would you rather not have anything to do with it? When you find the answer, take up your quill. Write a poem about it. But before tha...Read more

Our judges were absolutely gobsmacked after reading all your entries for the prompt. But since, there can be only one winner among so many amazing entries, Penaiku presents proudly to you our Poet of the Week, @a_p_wyndham as the winner of DAILY PROMPT #CONTEST Our judges, while choosing this...Read more

CONTEST ALERT! ⚠️ Pick two words from the following: throat forgive ruin art chaos With the words you've picked, Use it to write a poem in only 10 lines. Remember, brevity is what we are looking out for. The winning poem will get a feature on our official Penaiku Instagram page. Wait! The ...Read more

Greetings family 🫠 We wanna introduce you to a new poetic form today. It's called the Tanka. So what is Tanka poetry? Tanka is a 13-century-old form of Japanese poetry, translating to "short song," consisting of five lines with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure. Unlike the shorter haiku, tanka off...Read more

We are amazed at the outpouring of poetry from so many talented writers. We want to tell you that your voice matters, Always and forever. Since we have already taught you how to write a haiku in the previous prompts, Once again, a haiku based prompt for you. Today's writing session will be s...Read more

And... We are back!!! Let's learn about recipe poems today 😳 What are Recipe poems? —Recipe poems are a creative, instructional form of poetry that utilize the structure of a cooking recipe—title, ingredients, preparation methods, and serving instructions—to describe abstract concepts, emotions,...Read more

Pssp... We want to tell you something with a certainty... Do you mind if we shout? WE LOVE YOU ALL PENAIKUIANS! WE ARE PROUD OF YOU! The active participation of y'all poets, your encouragement and feedback, your funny humour and your apparent admiration and love for each other, this has always ...Read more

And good morning pals 🌞 Let me introduce to you the Collom Lune poetry today. The Collom Lune poetry was created by American essayist and poet, Jack Collom. In a Collom Lune poetry, words are counted instead of syllables and the structure is a count of 3-5-3. For example, ***Ugly singing birds...Read more

What's your favourite month of the year? Leave your answer in the comment section. That said, Have you ever read an ode poem? And what are odes anyway? An ode is a formal, often ceremonial lyric poem that praises, glorifies, or celebrates a person, place, object, or idea Take the poem below as a...Read more

And... helloooo! Question. What's your favourite song? Tell us in the comment section please. Since we are talking about music, here's a lyric extract from the song, 'In the End' by Linkin Park 🫠 Sing along with us ... 🎶I tried so hard and got so far But in the end, it doesn't even matter I had...Read more

Hey writing pals! Greetings... The word of the day today is Natsukashii. Natsukashii (懐かしい) is a Japanese adjective expressing fond, joyful nostalgia, describing a pleasant, warm, and bittersweet feeling when remembering the past. It implies appreciating happy memories (often triggered by a soun...Read more

Ey yo! What's up y'all? Today, we will be learning the cinquain poetic form. What is a cinquain? A cinquain is a five-line poem structured by syllable count (2, 4, 6, 8, 2) or word structure, usually describing a subject without rhyming. For example, take a look at this simple poem. Oh you! (...Read more

ello'! How you doin??? Given below is a poem by Gregory Orr. Please read it for inspiration. How Lucky We Are —Gregory Orr How lucky we are That you can't sell A poem, that it has No value. Might As well Give it away. That poem you love, That saved your life, Wasn't it given to you...Read more

Howdy y'alll What you been up to? Did you enjoy writing the last prompt? Tell us in the feedback section. For today's writing exercise, Compose a poem with the line, 'I want'. Tell us of your deepest desire, the darkest one, the most ridiculous and funny ones which you will not dare tell the wor...Read more