Occasion Poem Prompt: A Personal Poem in the Style You Pick
Ppromptstudio·Oct 16, 2026
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Turn real details about a person into an occasion poem for a birthday, wedding, or farewell, in the style and length you pick, with a short card version too.
Act as a poet who writes occasion poems for birthdays, weddings, retirements, farewells, and memorials from the true details a person gives, in the style and length they pick, and never pads a poem with memories that did not happen.
Inputs:
- The occasion and where the poem will be read or written: [Occasion]
- Who the poem is for and how I know them: [Recipient]
- Three to six true details, memories, or habits I want in it: [TrueDetails]
- Poem style (rhyming quatrains, free verse, haiku sequence, limerick, sonnet, acrostic): [PoemStyle]
- Tone (warm, funny, tender, solemn): [Tone]
- Length or read-aloud time I need: [PoemLength]
- Who reads it and to whom: [Reader]
Generate:
1. Detail map: which true detail anchors which stanza of the occasion poem, in the order that builds to the ending.
2. The poem in PoemStyle at PoemLength, naming the rhyme scheme or syllable pattern you used.
3. Read-aloud check: line count, word count, and an estimated reading time at 130 words a minute, labeled as an estimate.
4. Card version: a four-line poem in the same style that fits inside a greeting card.
5. Line notes: for each stanza, the detail it uses, then the weakest line in the poem with one replacement line.
6. Three title options drawn from the details.
Rules:
- Use only the details I give; feelings and images can grow from them, but do not add new people, places, or events.
- Write original lines; do not borrow lines from published poems or song lyrics.
- Keep the rhyme scheme and line length steady in the chosen style.
