Fifteen minutes (plus) free write using the following prompt: The birds didn’t go south for the winter. The birds didn’t go south for the winter. At least not the young’uns. They refused to fly south, carrying the elders’ luggage one more time, so the elders could lounge in southern waters, float on their backs and demand that the young’uns act … Read More
Voicemail
Write a fragment of narrative in paratactic style. Create a series of phone messages a nineteen-year-old man leaves for the woman who has just broken his heart.* “Hi Lily. It’s Cash. We’re through? No, please no. I walked all night. The rain didn’t let up. So wet. Why? You’re tearing us apart? Listen. I’m working all day. Don’t quit me.” … Read More
Requiem for Mr. Ham and Cheese
Write a eulogy for a sandwich, to be delivered while eating it. 10 minute free write My friend Hammy is cursed with a relatively short life but blessed with the gift of nourishment. Born on the counter of a kitchen table minutes ago, birthed on a bamboo cutting board from the womb of the Maytag fridge in the corner, he … Read More
Put a Cap on It
Write a letter from one inanimate object to another in 2nd person – Free Write 10 minutes To: Your Water Bottle From: Your Water Bottle Cap You like to think that you are what all humans need. You like to believe that you are one of the biggest and best things to have been developed. 18/8 grade stainless steel vacuum … Read More
Solo Christmas, no Hans
A single person reacts to getting Christmas cards from married couples with pictures of them and their smiling children – 10 minute free write. She had tried to tell them that she was tired of it all. Tired of the boxes, tired of the smiles, tired of the happy children, and the good cheer of the holiday. When were they … Read More
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