119. The Ex: Write a poem to someone who is estranged from you. When I was young, I dated as if it were a sport so I have scores of exes. There are levels of exes since not all relationships are equal. Some guys I went on a few dates with and regardless of who […]
118. Shoes: What kind of shoes do you wear? Where do they lead your feet? I own categories of shoes in a rainbow of colors. In the boot category, there are hiking boots, thigh-high heeled boots, over-the-knee low heeled boots, knee-high boots, fake-fur-fringed Ugg-type boots, and booties in black, blue, gray, tan, brown, and red
117. Beach Inspired: What’s not to write about the beach? Growing up, the closest beach was Newport or Huntington but my parents didn’t take us to the beach past my third birthday. My opportunities to go to the beach were with friend’s families or on school trips. Once my sister got her driver’s license, my
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
