Poetry journal printable with 60 prompts, poetic forms and haiku pages

Poetry journal printable pages that give you a calm place to write, experiment with forms and grow your craft. The 16 undated pages offer 60 original prompts, spacious poem pages with a notes margin, a cheat sheet of six forms, practice for haiku, acrostic and cinquain, a word bank, a revision spread and a tracker for submissions. Two PDF files, US Letter and A4, come as an instant download.

Use it every day or only on a quiet evening now and then.

How this poetry journal printable beats the blank page

Choose any of the 60 prompts, perhaps a tree that remembers you or a lamp left burning for someone on the way home, and tick it off when the poem is done. Six forms are explained in plain language on the cheat sheet, and the practice pages make them easy to try, with a box for every syllable on the haiku page.

Gather words that stop you in your tracks, compare a draft with your edits on one spread and follow every poem you send into the world.

Who this poetry journal is for

• Poets at any stage who want prompts and a peaceful place to write
• Creative writing students getting to know poetic forms
• Journalers curious to try poetry for the very first time
• Writers sending work to literary journals and contests

Design and printing

• Elegant, minimal white pages with soft blush pink accents that use little ink
• Wide margins so a home printer trims nothing
• Portrait pages in US Letter (8.5 by 11 inches) and A4 (210 by 297 mm)
• No dates, so any day is a good day to begin
• Fits a binder or clipboard, or can be spiral bound by a print shop

Inside the poetry journal printable: 16 pages

1. 1Cover and contents with a "This journal belongs to" line
2. 2Six steps for using the journal, your writing ritual, what poetry could give you and poems you hope to write one day
3. 3Prompts about love and nature, 20 in all, each with a tick box
4. 4Prompts about seasons and memory, 20 in all, each with a tick box
5. 5Prompts about emotions, places and ordinary objects, 20 more, with room to add your own
6. 6Poem page with a title, the prompt or spark, plenty of lines, a column for margin notes, form circles and a box to revisit
7. 7A page for two short poems, each with a title and date
8. 8Forms cheat sheet covering haiku, sonnet, limerick, free verse, acrostic and cinquain, each with its pattern, a quick guide, a tip and room for your own example
9. 9Haiku practice using 5, 7, 5 syllable boxes, finished haiku you are proud of and moments worth capturing
10. 10Acrostic page, boxes for each letter of your word and lines starting with every letter
11. 11Cinquain page with 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 syllable guides and topic ideas
12. 12Word bank for striking words, their meaning and where they turned up, plus sections for sound and music, color and light, texture and lively verbs
13. 13Revision spread, the draft on the left, edits on the right, six questions to ask and notes on what changed and why
14. 14Favorite poems by others, with poet, source and why it stayed with you, plus poets and collections still to read
15. 15Submission tracker for the poem, where it went, date sent, fee, reply and result, plus places to submit with their deadlines and what is coming up
16. 16Ideas and fragments, for first lines, images you noticed, overheard phrases and titles still waiting for a poem

What you download

• Poetry Journal, PDF in US Letter, 16 pages
• Poetry Journal, PDF in A4, 16 pages
• Read Me First, a brief PDF with printing tips

How to download and print

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• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• This PDF is meant for paper and has no hyperlinks like a digital journal. A note taking app can import it so you can write on it.
• You receive a digital file only. Nothing is shipped.
• Colors may look slightly different on screen and on paper.
• Only for your own personal use. Sharing, reselling or passing on the files is not allowed.
• Digital files cannot be returned, but if one fails to open or print, email us and we will help right away.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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