Suggestions to inspire your own creative writing.
My progress report became a series of gasps that trailed off behind my actions as I stormed toward my own destruction.
-Write about a time of your own self-destruction. Did you witness yourself doing it or realize it later?
I need to stop living with
the agitation of what could be,
wondering what’s out there
and what is in it for me.
-Write something about what might be and how it affects you now.
I live in a quiet neighborhood,
most neighbors go to work each day
and spend evening time with their family.
Kids ride bikes and scooters all afternoon.
We hear the cries for social change
in a time of social distance.
We stay at home, hope for the best,
and won’t notice if it goes back to the way it was.
So raise up your leaders,
protect them from our tyranny through complacency,
put them in places we cannot ignore
and vote, god help you, vote.
Where your story is today, really, really makes you change the beginning.
Two Haiku came to mind as I contemplated this:
Struggles of the past
if you’re successful today,
are a hero’s tale.
Struggles of the past
will be the crutch you lean on
if you’re still in pain.
I get up early enough to realize
how much the day has to offer
before trapping myself at my desk.
I could travel the world
by watching a picture show,
I swear that it would work,
I wouldn’t have to go.
Sing a song of wonder.
Cry out loud and please exclaim.
Tell us of the thunder
that pulses in your veins.
Tell not of troublesome toiling.
Tell not of worrisome gains.
Tell what gets your blood boiling.
Tell what guides you without reins.
Poetry Prompts