Thursday, September 15, 2011

Writing Prompt

Looking for some writing inspiration?

Try writing down random lines from your day such as sentences you hear other people say or thoughts that go through your own head. At the end of the day, put them all together and arrange them into another order, any order that feels right.

Below is an example of one I wrote. Poetic masterpiece? No. Fun with words? Yes! I hope you will share yours now. :-)


little tricky
gardeners stole plastic bags filled
with donations
and had to spend seventy-five dollars
for a new cable wire
“Did you miss me?” he asked, hanging
from that dangling
rope ladder. His four words
computed into about sixty
pages.
on page 70, was a closed
casket
service,
the wall laying against
stacks of folding
chairs