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February 2020 – Week 8 Writing Prompts
Inspiration Call: Micropoetry Monday
use this picture as inspiration for a micro poem (a short poem with no particular rules).
Inspiration Call: Traveling
Write a poem based on a time you’ve traveled by bus – whether a school bus, around town, or a long distance trip to visit a certain destination.
Inspiration Call: Word Prompt Wednesday: Watch
Use the word of the day in poetic or short story form.
Inspiration Call: Music Inspiration
Tune in to a radio station you don’t normally listen to, and write a poem inspired by the the first song or message you hear.
Inspiration Call: Flower Symbolism
Write a poem or story that uses flowers as a symbol.
Inspiration Call: 6 Word Story
Tell the story behind this picture in just 6 words. A Six Word story is a challenge for each writer to come up with a short story within six words.
Inspiration Call: * Timed Writing *
Choose a set time to write, 5 −7 minutes serves well. Set a timer, watch the clock. Stop writing when the time is up, even in the middle of a sentence. In timed writing, you write for a short, prescribed period of time. The purpose of timed writing is to prime the creative pump: shortening writing time makes sure you have more to say than time to say it. The frustration of stopping creates the impetus to write more. You become more interested in the ideas and thoughts you want to put down and less self-conscious about the times it’s taking to write. This exercise also helps develop confidence and establishes creative tension.
Writing tip from: Life’s Companion Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest By: Christina Baldwin
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February 2020 – Week 8 Writing Prompts
Monday February 17, 2020 Writing Prompt
Inspiration Call: Micropoetry Monday
use this picture as inspiration for a micro poem (a short poem with no particular rules).
Old Man Stands in Field at the End of the World
an old man
stands in a field
at the end of the world
looking out
at a meadow
devoid of all humanity
for humanity had died
leaving him
all alone
with his thoughts
Tuesday February 18, 2020 Writing Prompt
Inspiration Call: Traveling
Write a poem based on a time you’ve traveled by bus – whether a school bus, around town, or a long distance trip to visit a certain destination.
the Bus – Travels Through America’s Underbelly
I am a bus rider
That makes me unusual
For a white male
From an upper middle class family
Our people are not bus riders
Though some are subway riders
Bus riders are other people
The poor, minorities, immigrants
People who don’t drive
Because they are blind
Or have a DUI
And in my case
I don’t drive
Because I have bad vision
And bad coordination
Just never got the hang
Of the whole driving thing
Fortunately for me
My wife does the driving
But I still take the bus
From time to time
I rode the AC buses in Berkeley
As a child
Line 67, line 51, line 43 F bus
Rode them long before BART came along
And afterwards as well
As an adult seldom rode the bus
But when I did so
I was always impressed
By the sheer diversity
Of the bus riding property
Hundreds of languages
All sorts of sexual orientation
Some were white
Most were not
Most of my fellow passengers
Were nice enough
Some were friendly
And some were lost
In their own thoughts
And a few
Were scary looking dudes
With the look
Of someone who had done time
And were capable of more violence
I also rode the bus
In Seattle as a graduate student
A lot of fellow UW students
And the usual immigrants
Minorities etc
And some white people
Commuting
And in DC
Over the years
I rode a lot of buses
Mostly to and from the metro
But I got to know
And love the DC buses as well
I also took the greyhound bus
Across the country
Several times over the years
All over the U.S.
From Bay Area to Stockton
From Bay Area to Clear Lake
From Bay area to NYC
NYC to DC
All over the USA
Taking the Greyhound
Was always an an adventure
Met a lot of interesting people
As people on long distant bus rides
Tend to open up and talk
To pass the time away
Overseas I took the bus
All over
In India, in Barbados
In Spain and in Korea
The Korean buses
For many years
Were difficult for foreign visitors
As the signs were all in Korean
Most have signs
Now in English, Chinese and Korean
And are much more foreigner friendly
Riding the bus
In America
Allows one access
To the underbelly of American society
The poor, the marginalized
The immigrant communities
That many middle class white people
Just never see
And for that reason
I am glad
That I am a bus rider
Wednesday February 19, 2020 Writing Prompt
Inspiration Call: Word Prompt Wednesday: Watch
Time Waits for No One
they say that time
waits for no one
especially the grim reaper
who has a schedule to keep
that when it is your time
to meet your fate
it is your date
although the hour be late
no one can escape
the marinations of fate
Thursday February 20, 2020 Writing Prompt
Inspiration Call: Music Inspiration
Tune in to a radio station you don’t normally listen to, and write a poem inspired by the the first song or message you hear.
More Trouble Every Day
The Old Zappa song plays
on in my head
every time I turn on the news
and see more trouble every day
no one can delay
the trouble coming every day
Frank Zappa died too soon
before the horrors of the Trump era
that he would have foreseen
if he had lived on
he was truly a prophet
crying in the wildness
while making money
as an over night sensation
as he saw the slime
oozing out of the TV sets
we will do what we are told
for the rights to us have been sold
And Jesus too
has been sold
to the highest bidder
nothing but a business deal
in America
the land of the constant deal
and so I turn off the TV
and realize that
the torture never ends
the torture never ends
Friday
February 21, 2020 Writing Prompt
Inspiration Call: Flower Symbolism
Write a poem or story that uses flowers as a symbol.
the flower of love
my love is like
the most fragrant flower
in the universe
so beautiful so pure
so filled with cosmic love
a love that transcends
this corrupted world
and every time
I look at her
I see the flower
in her eyes
and her soul
and my soul is bewitched
by her other world beauty
turning me into her love slave
until death does us part
on the other end of time
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