As much as there’s plentiful opportunity to be inspired in darling NYC, often quiet times to write are harder to come by. We’re launching this series on First Mondays as a monthly reminder to take some time out for the poet in you.
Carve out some you-time and head down to this month’s PTW spot & give this Prompt a free write.

Aye Simon Reading Room

Directions: On the corner of 5th & E 89th, you’ll find the entry of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Grab a $30 ticket and head inside to the iconic atrium designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. As you travel up the Level 1 ramp, halfway up you will find a semi-circle opening on your right that leads to the Aye Simon Reading Room.

Writing Prompt: You have the option within the room, to peruse the many art and poetry books for inspiration. In 2023, Ama Codjoe was the Poet-in-Residence of the Museum. There are materials within the Reading Room that she created. A screen with headphones to the back of the room, will offer you options to listen to poems Ama has written as well Writing Prompts she created during her residency.

Alternatively, take a walk around the museum and take in the artworks, paying special attention to shape.

Shape makes this museum everything that it is.

Artworks you’ll find also reflect their nature, in the form the artists have chosen to present them in.

Create a poem whose form reflects its nature.

Hashtag #PSNYPlacestoWrite when you visit our PTW Location 2.

Feel free to share what you write, we’ll repost it @poetrysocietyny.

Series by F.M Papaz