Today’s challenge is to write a your choice of poetry form inspired by shoes.
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| Image source: Guardian article: “Expandable shoes for children aim to cut landfill waste” |
Alternatively, you can seek inspiration in the Wikipedia “On This Day” article.
[Image description: A pile of miscellaneous children's shoes and slippers, many grubby, worn, or torn, in a big, jumbled pile. End image description.]
Today’s challenge is to write a your choice of poetry form inspired by a disastrous meal.
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| Image source: Manchester Evening News article: “Christmas dinner disasters: Burnt the pigs in blankets? Dropped the turkey? Don't worry you're not alone” |
Alternatively, you can seek inspiration in the Wikipedia “On This Day” article.
[Image description: On a polished wooden table is an enormous plate piled high with what looks like roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, carrots that still have their green tops, and some kind of pale roast meat with dark, crispy bits. face-down in the plate is a person with light, tan skin, short, dark brown hair, and a red sweater over a white collared shirt, wearing a sky blue paper crown. Their features are invisible and they're clutching a sharp knife in the hand nearest the viewer. There are condiments and shiny Christmas crackers on the table, along with folded white napkins. End image description.]
Today’s challenge is to write an Acrostic inspired by joy.
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| Image source: GQ Magazine article: “The Happiness Project: Finding Joy in Tough Times” Illustration by Keir Novesky |
Alternatively, you can seek inspiration in the Wikipedia “On This Day” article.
[Image description: A slightly blobby smiley face (two eyes and a mouth, no other outline) drawn in black on a patchy yellow background with jagged shapes in various bright colours haunting either side of the image. End image description.]
Today’s challenge is to write a Limerick inspired by your choice of subject.
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| Image source: Lovingly hand-crafted in CorelDraw |
Alternatively, you can seek inspiration in the Wikipedia “On This Day” article.
[Image description: A rainbow-coloured elaborate numeral 20 with the words 'Your choice' underneath in black. End image description.]
Today’s challenge is to write an Elegy inspired by heroism.
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| Image source: The Good Men Project Article: “Heroism is a Mindset, Not a Moment” |
Alternatively, you can seek inspiration in the Wikipedia “On This Day” article.
[Image description: A simple, rounded, cartoon humanoid figure that has one arm raised and the opposite foot raised, a shape like a cloak trailing behind against a plain, black background. Within the thick, white lines of the figure is a word cloud of words in shades of teal and aquamarine. they say things like Curious, Observant, Calm, Peaceful, Grounded, Friendly, Grateful, Accepting, Encouraging, Empathetic, Caring, Understanding, Inviting, Appreciative, Patient, Delighted, Attentive, Allowing, etc. The words are repeated in a variety of sizes. End image description.]
Today’s challenge is to write an Ode inspired by a constellation.
If you’re having trouble choosing, this tool may be able to inspire you. |
| Image source: Entry in the NASA “Picture Dictionary” defining constellations and giving links to other resources. |
Alternatively, you can seek inspiration in the Wikipedia “On This Day” article.
[Image description: A series of patterns mapped out in bright stars in a night sky with a faint nebula beyond. The constellations are connection with yellow lines and, left-to-right, top-to-bottom, are as follows: Aquila, scutum, Ophiuchus, Serpens, Capricorn, Libra, Sagittarius, Scorpius, and Lupus. In the middle is a bright, pinkish star with green crosshairs around it, labelled SRB 1806-20. I'm not going to try to describe the shapes because we'll be here all day and they probably won't make any sense anyway! End image description.]
Today’s challenge is to write a Pantoum inspired by a piece of art.
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| Image source: Street Art Utopia page: “Rainbow Carrier – By Kenny Random” |
Alternatively, you can seek inspiration in the Wikipedia “On This Day” article.
[Image description: On a weathered, white wall, a piece of street art - a black silhouette of a short-haired person wearing a battered top hat and too-short trousers appears to be carrying off a cartoonish rainbow with all the colours dripping into each other. Little black birds attend him - perching on the poster frame embedded in the wall with an illegible poster in it, flying after the rainbow carrier, or perched on its uppermost colour arc. The black of the man's clothes and the small bird is bleeding into the rainbow, making them both look somehow more 3D, as though they cast a shadow on the spectrum. A fuzzy blur of rainbow colours dogs the man's heels. End image description.]
One last piece! Today’s challenge is to write a Lipogram inspired by a piece of music. If you need any further support with the form, the “...
