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Writer’s Block #8: Poetry Time

10 Dec

 

December 10, 2013

It is time once again to resort to  the list of oddball writer’s prompts used by “colleges and universities” around the country and the pickings are getting mighty slim. Today’s prompt: Write a haiku, limerick, or short poem that best represents you (NYU, 2009). This is bad, mighty bad. I am not a poet and I know it. The last time I posted some poetry on this blog was February of 2011. Here it is, in case you have somehow blotted it from your memory:

The Burger King wears a crown.
It is made out of paper.
His face is a waxen mask

Always smiling
“Have it your way.”
My way? But aren’t you the King?

Profound, no? Ok, no. But it has to be better than whatever I am about to come up with.

Writer’s Block #8: Write a haiku, limerick, or short poem that best represents you

Hi!
This is me.
I have a blog

Hmm. Well, while it fits the description, it frankly sucks. Let’s try that again.

There once was a man from Nantucket, whose– WHOA, whoa, give that another shot.

Rose petal
summer spray
sun

Better, more poetic, but it doesn’t represent me at all.

Oh well, I filled a blog page, so I give up.
And that represents me best of all.

 

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Writer’s Block #6: Write a Short Story

23 Oct

October 23, 2013

It has been awhile since I had to revert to the list of oddball writer’s prompts used by “colleges and universities” around the country. Today’s prompt comes from The University of Chicago, from 2002: Write a short story using one of the following titles: a.) House of Cards, b.)The Poor Sport, c.) Drama at the Prom, d.) Election Night, 2044, e.) The Getaway.

DRAMA AT THE PROM

Book Six of The Sweetapple High Babysitter’s Association

Clete Flintlock was the star of the basketball team, but when it came to love, the stud was a dud. Could Clete find love at the prom with the head cheerleader? Anything can happen on Prom Night!

Chapter One

Seven – nothing! Clete Flintlock scored the winning touchdown AGAIN!

The Sweetapple Tarts were the best football team in all of Mid-County County, and Clete Flintlock was the best player on the team. He was the entire package- a sports hero, smart with a near-perfect SAT score, and so handsome that all the girls from the Junior and Senior classes were dying to date him. But why didn’t he have a girlfriend?

!#!@@#$!

I can’t do this! I can’t! What the F- is wrong with the University of Chicago? Those prompts are for teenagers who still dream of babysitting for Brad Pitt. “Drama at the Prom”? “The Poor Sport”? What are those, episodes of something on Nicktoons?

You want drama at the prom? Add an unwanted pregnancy, lots of alcohol, and teenage hormones and you’ve got Drama at the Prom.

Prom%20Band%201969%20adj

 

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