138. Mailbox: Create a poem, short story, or journal entry based on a recent item of mail you’ve received. When you are out of the country for several months, the mail piles up. Walking into the house, we were greeted by mounds of packages, letters, magazines, and flyers. In previous years, Son didn’t throw away […]
137. Blog-o-sphere: Visit your favorite blog or your feedreader and craft a story, journal entry, or poem based on the latest blog post you read. Jenny Lawson, author of “Furiously Happy” and “Broken” is my favorite author who is very human. Her stories about mental health are wildly relatable and have helped me more than
136. Bizarre Holiday: There is a bizarre holiday for any date! Look up a holiday for today’s date and create a poem in greeting card fashion or write a short story about the holiday to celebrate. Who decided what day a holiday was and what makes something a holiday? According to nationaltoday.com, today’s holidays include:
135. Ladders: Write a story or poem that uses ladders as a symbol. The setting of goals and manner of achieving them can be illustrated with ladders. We climb the corporate ladder where we start at a low position and accomplish all the tasks at a level so we can start the climb up to
134: Bring on the Cheese: Write a tacky love poem that is so cheesy, it belongs on top of a pizza. Truly I love youBut who can really sayOur love will last foreverBut will it last today? I love you to the mountain topsway up there so highbut with air so thinwould not our love
