Imagine what the world will be like in a hundred years, and write a poem about it.
#40
Write a story that takes place during a long walk home from school.
#39
What is something people often mistake about you?
#38
Describe your own hands in great poetic detail.
#37
Write a list of your favorite words.
A Vignette
A handful of children, twice their size with coats and scarves and hats that hide their little ears, romp into the snow. It reaches their knees and pours into their boots. But they don’t mind. They welcome the flakes. They scoop billions of them off the ground and onto their tongues.
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Each inhale, a slice of chill to the lungs.
Each exhale, a cloud.
Another inhale, we live on a cloud
made of exhales, with wind sneaking up the sleeves of our coats.
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Write a poem about overcoming stress.
#35
Shuffle your favorite playlist. Write a short story that includes the first line of the first song that plays.
Forty-One Skies
This story was originally published under the title “Snowball of Lies” as part of my senior writing portfolio for the 2018 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. My portfolio was awarded the Gold Key, and was subsequently included in The Best Teen Writing of North Dakota 2018. Enjoy!
I have read eight thousand, three hundred and ninety-two books.
I mean, what else are you supposed to do when you live in a library? We read. My brother Jude has read eight thousand, four hundred and twenty-five books. Our library has eight thousand, four hundred and twenty-six books. So, doing some simple math, we can conclude that I have exactly thirty-four books left to read. And, doing some even simpler math, we can conclude that Jude has exactly one book left to read. And then he’ll be free.
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