Just Write. What do gardeners and people who are obsessive about their have against dandelions? I’ve never understood it. Just because they’re common doesn’t make them any less beautiful, and there’s something incredibly fun about blowing away the seed-heads. Don’t forget all the various ways to cook dandelions too–they’re delicious. A lot of flowers have been celebrated in poetry, so I went looking for tributes to the dandelion. Here’s one by Kathleen Flenniken, from her book Famous: What I Learn Weeding A dandelion root can grow two feet long. But mostly, love, we pull their heads off to achieve our shallow vision of a garden. The same dark that sets our hips to rocking, to burrowing into the other’s body or slapping it away. A long waiting to rise. And we succumb to this buried fury, this fever to reseed. And sunburst of maddened flower! ShareThis David Orr’s review of The Collected Poems: 1956-1998, which collects English translations of Zbigniew Herbert, begins, Mr.
(from Mr. Myxomatosis. UtellStory - Tell Stories, Share Topics, Make Impact. About a little thing called 750 Words. Bookr :: pimpampum. MAKE BELIEFS COMIX! Online Educational Comic Generator for Kids of All Ages. Creative Writing Prompts. Write a scene that includes a character speaking a different language, speaking in a thick accent, or otherwise speaking in a way that is unintelligibe to the other characters. (Note: You don't necessarily need to know the language the character is speaking—be creative with it!) Describe a character's reaction to something without explaining what it is. See if your fellow prompt responders can guess what it is. Write a story or a scene about one character playing a prank on another.
Writing Prompt: Write a story that involves confusion over homonyms (words that have the same spelling but different meanings) or homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently). For World Storytelling Day, share the best story you've ever heard or told by word of mouth, or have a fictional character recount their favorite story. You're making your way down a cobbled street when a stocky, red-bearded man beckons you into an alley. Consider your handwriting, or a character's handwriting.