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Prompt–Monday, October 31
Take a book you’ve read recently that you underlined like crazy because you liked the language so much. Now create a found poem with your favorite lines. Feel free to break for lines and whatnot. Name the title and author. Cane by Jean Toomer Over the crest of the hill he couldn’t sing to them. …
Prompt–Wednesday, October 12
Find a favorite image from a poem or a piece of fiction that strikes you. Write about it, expand it, use the structure to create something of your own. For mine, one of Jack Kerouac’s haikus. The tree looks like a dog, Barking at heaven. My poem. The blanket is a crown for the cold.
Prompt–Tuesday, September 13
Choose a recent sensory experience that was new for you, or think of one that really grabbed your attention. I gutted a pumpkin last night for its seeds and puree. Here is a poem for you. Not what I expected. Pies are smooth and spicy in a way that brings falling leaves inside. Your insides are …
Prompt–Friday, September 9
Pick up a newspaper and choose a headline that catches your eye. My choice is “Strut a spirited style at games” in The BG News for today and this weekend. Strut the falcon walk to the stadium on the other side. Let those feathers flutter in the wind every single day. *Editor’s note: originally appeared …
Prompt–Monday, September 5
Grab a literary magazine, poetry collection or short story collection for this one. Randomly pick two consecutive lines (or sentences) of two pieces. I grabbed Mid-American Review, Volume 31, number 1. from “Poem for My Father, Who Has Less to Say Now” by Chris Tanseer: “And since it’s winter, the two oaks, still bare of leaves, …
Prompt–Thursday, September 1
I recently acquired my own copy of “Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954” by Jack Kerouac, edited by Douglas Brinkley. The prompt is based on the following sentence: “But a farm is my idea of working for a living, above all things” (62). Go. Above All Things Life is work. So is farming. Each …
Prompt–Thursday, August 25
I’m taking a media publication and design course this semester. The text is “The Non-Designers Design Book” by Robin Williams and one of the examples had a list of several items. It was called “The Rules of Life” and the one that stood out to me was “Don’t let the seeds stop you from enjoyin’ the watermelon.” …
Prompt–Sunday, August 21
Pick an object and a verb that isn’t related to it. For example, I’ll use “orange” and “jump.” Use both. Rolling down a hill The orange said “whee!” But when he hit the bottom, A child jumped And orange became juice.
Prompt–Sunday, August 14
“He ached from head to foot, all zones of pain seemingly interdependent. He was rather like a Christmas tree whose lights, wired in series, must all go out if even one bulb is defective.” (161) The quote above is from J.D. Salinger’s “Nine Stories,” specifically the short story “For Esme—with Love and Squalor.” Reading these …
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