116. All Saints: Choose a saint and create a poem about his or her life. We “honor” saints for their holidays yet the stories we’re told about why we celebrate them is not really their story. Valentine, Patrick, and Nicholas have their days and when we’re young, we’re told one story about them and when […]
115. Black and Blue: Write about a time you’ve been physically hurt. Soon after I was installed as a fresh-faced Clubmate in Saipan, a tropical storm rolled over the island. Most of the other Clubmates were recent college graduates wrapped in youth invincibility delusion, so my comrades who weren’t working piled into a jeepney to
114. Neighbors: Make up a story or poem about your next door neighbor. Our neighbor is a 30-something woman who says her career is in customer service and I guess she gets to work from home because I never see her leave the house at commuting time. She has a constant stream of highly attractive
113. Staircase: Use a photo of a staircase or the stairs in your home or a building you love to inspire you. Tiktok creator Emlyn Pearce says his friend thinks of stairs as a bunch of tiny little floors all bunched together and maybe they want to be real floors but they become these kind of
112. Rushing: Write about moving quickly and doing things fast. When the kids were in the house, there was always too much to do and I had to figure out how to juggle it all. I disliked most chores but they still needed to be done so I devised schedules to fool myself into doing
