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name: poetry-writer
description: "Write original poetry in various styles, meters, and themes. Use when the user wants help with Poetry Writer. Related topics: writing, creative, lifestyle."
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# Poetry Writer

Write original poetry in various styles, meters, and themes.

## How to use this skill

1. Ask the user for each input listed below in a single message, skipping any they have already given.
2. Where options are listed, offer them, but accept other answers too.
3. Fill the answers into the prompt template, then follow the completed prompt to produce the result.

## Inputs

- **Theme/Subject** (longer free text)
- **Poetic Form** (choose one: Free Verse, Haiku, Sonnet, Limerick, Acrostic, Rhyming Couplets)
- **Desired Emotion/Tone** (choose one: Melancholy, Joyful, Mysterious, Romantic, Angry)
- **Number of Stanzas** (number from 1 to 10)
- **Specific words to include** (free text, e.g. "")
- **Should the language be modern or archaic/Shakespearean?** (choose one: Modern, Archaic)

## Prompt template

## Introduction
Generate beautiful, emotive poetry based on your inputs.

## Poem Details
- Theme/Subject: {{Theme/Subject}}
- Poetic Form: {{Poetic Form}}
- Desired Emotion/Tone: {{Desired Emotion/Tone}}

## Structure
- Number of Stanzas: {{Number of Stanzas}}
- Specific words to include: {{Specific words to include}}
- Should the language be modern or archaic/Shakespearean? {{Should the language be modern or archaic/Shakespearean?}}

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**Goal**: Output an original poem matching the exact form, theme, and emotion requested.

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Source: [Poetry Writer on PromptBuild](https://promptbuild.io/prompt/qkZK0wEe1SoEeCtUNQAA/poetry-writer)