This week, I’ve been focusing on the
matter of getting inspired to stay in the writing game. There are oodles of
sources for inspiration. You need not look much further than internally (like
dreams for example), or maybe even just what’s in front of your face for the
external. It doesn’t require a scientific expedition necessarily to locate a
treasure trove of literary stimulation.
But then there are times when the
inspiration doesn’t come as quickly as we like. Sometimes we need a little
nudge, or in the extreme cases, a great, big shove. (Gentle shoves, please. No
one falls into the mud on my watch!) This is where writing prompts come in
handy. I’ve got two sets of them for you. Today, a prompt for poetry. Tomorrow,
regular prose.
My favorite form of poetry is the
haiku. Not only is it fun to try and come up with the 5-7-5 syllable verses,
but I’ve found some amazing stuff that can come from it.
Your challenge today is to try and
form haikus using any of the following items listed below. (One point of kudos
per item listed.) Or if you’re so bold, go for broke and come up with a haiku
entirely on your own. (5 big Kudos points here for striking it big by standing
out!)
The word choices:
Dolphins Apples
Seven
Pink Flour Jets
Spiders Sunshine December
Velvet Books Running
Dancing Skipping Dogs
Jousting Sleeping Cameras
Blue Roosters Brown
By the way, a quick word about Kudos
Points (KP). I like to think that despite of the “competition” in the writing
industry, we’re really just competing with ourselves to write the best poems
and stories we possibly can. So I won’t be keeping track of KP, but if you want
to shout-out your KP to the world, feel more than free to do so! Woohoo! Now
let’s see some haikus!
