Request: Writing New Poems

Another requested topic with some good questions--









Do you often write from prompts?  





Sometimes, but usually only during National Poetry Month or if I'm trying to write a poem a day.  Also, if I'm writing with another writer or in a group.





Normally, when I want to write a poem, I sit down, pull a favorite book of poems off the shelf, read a poem or two and see what it brings out in me.





I feel that in this way I am sort of adding to the poetry conversation and not just running...