Hello Beautiful Thinkers,

Write a poem about missing out on something because you waited to long. Did you know that there was a deadline when you first heard about this thing? If so, what caused you to miss your deadline? Were you overwhelmed with other tasks or did you procrastinate for too long? What happens now that you’ve missed the deadline?

Keep Dreaming Beautiful Thinkers,

The Boy In The Heart Shades

Hello Beautiful Thinkers,

I was thinking about how often we can be doing the same task as another person but be doing it for completely different reasons. Does having different motivations make the goal any less important? Write a poem about this concept of sharing a goal with someone without sharing the same motives. With this difference in motivation, what does achieving the goal mean to each person?

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The Boy In The Heart Shades

Hello Beautiful Thinkers,

The idea behind an anagrammatic poem is that every word used in the poem is made up only of letters that can be found in the poems title. A good example is Christian Bok’s poem “Vowels.” There’s no rule about how many words make up the title but I recommend working in a few good vowels and consonants.

Keep Dreaming Beautiful Thinkers,

The Boy In The Heart Shades

Hello Beautiful Thinkers,

My social media feed is usually there to bring comic relief into my life. But with the passing days the posts I see grow more and more political. Not because I’ve changed the people I follow, but because these people are all experiencing a growing discontent with the political situation here in America. I’m sure that I’m not the only one that’s made this observation. Write a poem that shows your encounters and feelings with the change of our political situation.

Keep Dreaming Beautiful Thinkers,

The Boy In The Heart Shades