Tag: writing exercise
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You Could Write Anything
Go on. Try it. Maybe start with a word. The most lovely word. Your favourite, in fact. Describe its colours. Describe its sound. Tell us about the music it forms in your mind. Set that paragraph into a context. A scene. A moment. A memory. Put someone in that context. Maybe you, maybe not-you. Maybe…
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Daily Prompt: Encrusted – The Northwest Passage
The wind howls, but the sails are still Stiffened in the inescapable chill Rigging once full of avian cries Now just cloth encrusted with ice Creaking wood moans low under the wind Trapped and left with nothing to defend In the bowels, straps and bars and manacles On the prow, a sculpture encrusted with barnacles…
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Daily Prompt: Lecture
Make sure you use the appropriate pencil Don’t draw freeform, use this stencil Armed police keep you safer than a fence will Dress for Jesus, and don’t be sinful We don’t want you led astray, we’ll blur out those pixels That’s a fire hazard, now take down that tinsel There’s a war on Christmas, it’s…
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Be Wilder: an advice poem
Be wilder: Baby girl please don’t age; you’re so pretty Be wilder: Pretend you’re a ballerina Be wilder: But be nicer to Tina Be wilder: One day you’ll travel the planet Be wilder: Make a wish; the candles are lit Be wilder: But don’t rip your new dress Be wilder: Only a good girl can…
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Daily Prompt: Cavity
cavity like the one in your chest just because they said you were resisting arrest cavity like the ones in your teeth leading to extraction cause you can’t afford to treat cavity like the ones that get searched by the ones that never put your dignity first cavity like the way your stomach feels when…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Winning Over Your In-Laws
[I wrote this to try my hand at the ‘listicle’ format that seems to be so incredibly popular these days.] In-laws have a very bad reputation, mostly thanks to Hollywood. But while there are some devilish, evil monsters masquerading as in-laws out there, most of them really aren’t so awful. I’ve met a lot of…