195. Changing Places: Imagine living the day as someone else. What would a day be like for someone who is unhoused with few possessions and not sure when their tummy will be full again? What would a day be like for a young mother with post-partum depression and an emotionally absent partner? What would life […]
194. Time Travel: If there was a time period you could visit for a day, where would you go? Write about traveling back in time to that day. I needlessly ponder my ancestors more often than is reasonable. At any point in history, I had an ancestor living in that era. Medieval times, I had
193. From the Roof-tops: Imagine you could stand on a rooftop and broadcast a message to everyone below – what would you say? Believe it or not, people are equal regardless of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, nationality, ability, or age. Just because someone else has rights, it does not take away from yours. Everyone has a right
192. Copycat: Borrow a line from a famous public domain poem to craft your own. Elysium is as far as toThe very nearest room Suspense. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson No poem, sorry. Elysium is a place or condition of ideal happiness so if I am not happy where I am, perhaps happiness is just around
191. Cartoon: Think of your favorite cartoon or comic. Write a poem or story that takes place in that setting. I have been reading the Sunday comics since I was ten years old. I had a 5th grade teacher who had us read the newspaper every day. (I didn’t realize until I was an adult
