Prompt- There’s a First time for Everything

 Prompt- There’s a first time for Everything. 

    In life, there is always a first time for everything. From your first time seeing the ocean, eating new food, to even when you realized you were not a kid anymore, or that you were in love. Identifying these moments can sometimes be difficult because we may have been too young to remember, people often become complacent with routines, or purposefully forget bad experiences. But I am a firm believer in “everything happens for a reason”, and writing about an important first time event in your life can lead to an immense creative breakthrough. There are so many first times in our lives, some that may have changed them for better or worse. 

For this poem: Think about a first time in your life and the emotions that accompanied it. Think about these things when brainstorming or free writing. 

• What was that moment?

• Why was it important? 

• Do you get nostalgia reflecting on it? 

• Did this moment impact your outlook on life?

• Personally change your life?

• For better or worse? 

Examples to think about:

• Your first love or lust. 

• Your first time driving. 

• Your first time realizing you were growing up. 

• Your first time going on an adventure. 

• Your first time you realized your love for writing. 

• Your first time you found love for yourself.

• Your first time realizing you may not be okay. 

Here are some links to my own poetry where I talk about a first experience, located on our blog. :) 

https://poeticperspectives.blogspot.com/2021/04/tr-now-knowing.html 

PROMPT IDEA FROM: https://writersrelief.com/2018/12/14/125-of-the-best-poetry-writing-prompts-for-poets-writers-relief/

XX- T