Give yourself a day off from the end of the world. Turn off the damn news and completely relax into today’s theme – which is comfort and joy.
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#27: Lesson learned
I give you a subject which could touch on lockdown if you choose, but equally might take you in an entirely different direction. Write about learning something.
#26: Credo
“Waste no more time arguing what a good person is. Be one.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations I like Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. It contains many of the beliefs I hold dear. I also enjoy what he has to say about cucumbers (we’ll come back to that). The quotation above would be part of my credo, which isContinue reading “#26: Credo”
#25: Open the door
Anything can serve as the signpost to a poem – including a signpost. Go and open the door you’ve been living behind so much. At least there’ll be a draught.
#24: Little and Large
A few days left of lockdown in England, and also of our online poetry community, Try to Praise the Mutilated World. The prompts are here every day, and free. Access to our Facebook workshopping group costs £10, and lasts for the duration of this lockdown. The group is a place for mutual feedback, and is private soContinue reading “#24: Little and Large”
#21: Courage, mon brave
We are 3/4 of the way through lockdown #2 in England, and weathering it in online poetry community, Try to Praise the Mutilated World. Prompts are here every day, and free. Access to our Facebook workshopping group costs £10, and lasts for the duration of this lockdown. The group is a place for mutual feedback, and isContinue reading “#21: Courage, mon brave”
#20: Making mischief
Mischief is your topic today; that specific brand of naughtiness that sits on the edge of danger or malice.
#18: Ode to whatever
On goes the lockdown in England, and on goes our online poetry community, Try to Praise the Mutilated World. The prompts are here every day, and free. Access to our Facebook workshopping group costs £10, and lasts for the duration of this lockdown. The group is a place for mutual feedback, and is private so that yourContinue reading “#18: Ode to whatever”
#17: Silence please
Today, your subject for poetry is silence… an un-thing, an absence of sound, an opposite.
#16: Monumental
Lockdown continues in England, and so does our citizen poetry project, Try to Praise the Mutilated World. The prompts are here every day, and free. Access to our Facebook workshopping group costs £10, and lasts for the duration of this lockdown. The group is a place for mutual feedback, and is private so that your work inContinue reading “#16: Monumental”
