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June 14, 2017 by J.L. Smith

June Prompt #13

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#13 Today’s prompt (found poem).  Take from current news article 50 words. Spin them, flip them, write them and embellish them into a new creation of your own.

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June 13, 2017 by J.L. Smith

June Prompts #12

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#12 is a task. Go to your junk drawer, your beauty stash, whatever drawer has all your misfit objects. Close  your eyes and pull out the first object and imagine it before you reopen your eyes. Write what you imagine. Write what you see.

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June 13, 2017 by J.L. Smith

June Prompts #11

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Prompt #11: Ice chipping, exhales words never formed

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June 12, 2017 by J.L. Smith

June Prompts #10

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This one is inspired by a recent poem I wrote…

I severed roots I thought were mine that were never fully connected to the earth…

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June 12, 2017 by J.L. Smith

June Prompts #9

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A bit late on this one:

Whisper came before silence, a regret overdue…

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June 12, 2017June 12, 2017 by J.L. Smith

June Prompts #8

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A bit late on this…

#8 Shells broken by the wind, crushed under foot.

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June 7, 2017 by J.L. Smith

June Prompts #7

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Today’s prompt:  Words ran out like a cigarette lit in the ashtray without its smoker.

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June 7, 2017 by J.L. Smith

June Prompts #6

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Prompt for today #6 …I set fire to [fill in the blank] just to see the streaks of life…

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June 6, 2017 by J.L. Smith

June Prompts #5

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#5 Prompt for today: Rain falls on the steel roof, exposing the vulnerability of our shelter

 

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June 5, 2017 by J.L. Smith

June Prompts #3 and #4

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Some words to spurn some creativity…

Prompt #3: A letter without a stamp, placed in her mailbox

Prompt #4 The thirty minute commute became the rains came and all eyes were closed on the road

 

 

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