To Waiting, January 10, 2009

January 10, 2009

Prompt: Write about waiting. You might want to use a line or two from the following poem to get you started. To Waiting You spend so much of your timeexpecting to becomesomeone elsealways someonewho will be differentsomeone to whom a momentwhatever moment it may beat last has comeand who has beenmet and transformedinto no longer […]

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Point of View Exercise, January 9, 2009

January 9, 2009

Prompt: Write–from your point of view–about an experience involving you and at least one other person. Now write the same experience from the point of view of someone else in the story.

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Pretending to Be, January 8, 2009

January 8, 2009

Prompt: Write about a time you felt one way and acted another. OR (and this is kind of the same prompt but might offer some additional possibilities) write about a time you pretended to be someone or something you aren’t. And, as a writer, what are your goals for the year? Check out this blog […]

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Going Back to Sleep, January 7, 2009

January 7, 2009

A Barred Owl The warping night air having brought the boomOf an owl’s voice into her darkened room,We tell the wakened child that all she heardWas an odd question from a forest bird,Asking of us, if rightly listened to,“Who cooks for you?” and then “Who cooks for you?” Words, which can make our terrors bravely […]

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A Simple, Homely Occurrence, January 6, 2009

January 6, 2009

Prompt: Today is Epiphany, the 12th day of Christmas. Write about a childhood epiphany. One definition of epiphany:a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.

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Familiar Trees, January 5, 2009

January 5, 2009

. . . There’s a cypress on that block, two honey locusts and an oak. I love those trees like my own brothers. From the poem, “Illustrated Guide to Familiar American Trees” by Charlie SmithPrompt: Write about trees or a particular tree.

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Returning Home, January 4, 2009

January 4, 2009

Prompt: Write about returning home after a rough weekend.

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Forward and back, January 3, 2009

January 3, 2009

The name January comes from the Roman god Janus, the god of doorways and gates, who had a face in front and one behind; he could see forward and backward at the same time. Prompt: Write a letter to 2008 and one to 2009. Or imagine that you, or a character you’re writing about, is […]

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Prompt: January 2, 2009

January 2, 2009

Write about something that happenson this park bench.

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A Prompt a Day

January 1, 2009

Hi All: I’m posting a writing prompt every day this month. Have fun and send your writing as a comment if you’d like. I’ll use poems, photos, video, quotes, and excerpts as prompts. Set a timer for 15 minutes and write! Write whatever comes to mind–first thought, as Allen Ginsberg said. Maybe a word jumps […]

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