Ignored today’s prompt, which involved “re-writing” a poem called “Lines for the Fortune Cookies“. Not so interested in that.
Instead, I leave you with a brief impression from a function I attended last night that apparently did not get going until well after I’d left and turned in for the night… Continue reading
Today’s prompt: write a poem using at least five of the following words:
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Today’s writing prompt is to write a poem in the form of a personals ad. I’m not really in a space to do that sort of thing, so I ended up taking sort of the opposite approach… Continue reading
Today’s prompt: write a poem that begins and ends with the same word. Given the whirlwind-of-change-inspired self-reflection of the last few months, it was almost too easy. Not that the poem itself was necessarily easy, just the challenge… Continue reading
Today’s prompt: a greeting poem. Finally, something I can get behind… Continue reading
Decided to ignore today’s prompt. Too difficult, if I’m to be honest.
Instead, I wrote something short, prompted by the sunny weather this afternoon… Continue reading
Decided to ignore the writing prompt; too much trouble.
I started three or four different drafts that either went nowhere, or I couldn’t take any further. Here’s the one I liked best (hated least): Continue reading
Today’s prompt is to write a poem in the voice of a superhero. That’s not so much my thing, but we’ll see what happens… Continue reading
Today’s prompt is to take a walk, make notes, and incorporate them into a poem.
Well, this wasn’t that kind of a day. So, instead of an actual walk, I took a mental walk through the day, and noted a few impressions… Continue reading
Today’s prompt: “write a poem consisting entirely of things you’d like to say, but never would, to a parent, lover, sibling, child, teacher, roommate, best friend, mayor, president, corporate CEO, etc.” Well, that got very unwieldy very quickly—and not terribly interesting. But I thought I might be able to make something out of it… Continue reading
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