Lost Child

From Linda:
You are a lost child...either on earth or a distant planet...how do you feel...what do you think...how will you survive? Or you could even be in another dimension.

Unusual encounters with nature

Write a poem about an unusual or startling encounter with nature....  Flowers, bees, skunks, lightening, earthquake, bats, hedgehogs what-have-you - either in reality, in a dream, in a mythological quandary etc etc.  Prompt inspired by an odd drawing of mine - you know that old saw about a man dreaming he was a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he was a man. Got to wondering what other meadow dwellers would think about it, might be kinda puzzling.....

Seven Tenets of Tang Soo Do

At my karate school, we do a "Tenet of the Month" and as we start going through them a 2nd and 3rd time I get a bit short on "stories" and tired of telling the same ones over and over. So write a poem about one of our seven tenets. They are Integrity, Concentration, Perseverance, Respect and Obedience, Self Control, Humility and Indomitable Spirit. The only real requirement other than sticking to the tenets is that an elementary school student could understand it. I'm also considering trying to compile and publish a book from the material so feel free to do more than one tenet.

Promises Not Kept

From Bonnie:

Have you ever made a promise you ended up not being able to keep? How did it make you feel and how did the person to whom you made the promise react? Or the opposite...has anyone ever made a promise to you they didn't keep? How did they react & how did you react?

For Sale

From Meghan: 

I want you all to sell something. Use your work to sell yourself, a product or service or pieces of yourself. I know it sounds like a business in marketing but I think we could all have a lot of fun with this.