Do you see what I did there? See! I’m funny and self-referential in that I referenced what someone else said that I reference. See?
A poet I like and respect, Bill MacMillian, posted this on facebook. So happy he did.
“Writing: a job for bullies.” David Rakof.
This made me laugh, say, “what the…,” “ha!,” “yeah,” and “preach!” several times.
So… 15 prompts in 30 days is not what I was aiming for but it is what I did. Next year, hopefully, I’ll have more. This year, however, I have a lot that I’m sorting out. A lot of poeming going on in my head and on paper and not much of am I ready to put out into the world. A lot of the prompts I almost posted or didn’t post at all were selfish prompts: they were me trying to tell me how to write the poem(s) I’m choking on. That’s boring to me; I’d rather post stuff I honestly think could kickstart something creative in someone else.
This is me not beating myself up about it.
Inspired by David Ayllon
I guess this is the opposite of the travelling song… but not quite.
Write a poem in which:
Some challenges:
