261. Quaint storefronts line the boulevard, but one by one the shops are closing, making way for bigger, cheaper stores.
262. Use all of the following words in a poem: orange, crank, courier, beneath, shouting, breeze, world, make.
263. Write a poem about hiding from something or someone.
264. Write a poem using the following image: a book, a pair of glasses, and an empty teacup sitting on a table.
265. A fox slips through the trees, darting around boulders, dodging the hunter’s sight.
266. Use all of the following words in a poem: slam, film, tasty, point, hint, stir, doorway, deadline.
267. Write a poem about poverty.
268. Write a poem using the following image: a rocket soaring through space.
269. Deer bound across the field, breaking delicate blades of grass with hard hooves, pausing to dine on soft flowers.
270. Use all of the following words in a poem: consider, magic, dare, flame, one, cards, elastic.
271. Write a poem about the first day of a new job.
272. Write a poem using the following image: a scruffy kid and a scruffier dog walking through city streets.
273. They beat and holler, tap and howl. Fire in the middle—a circle of drums.
274. Use all of the following words in a poem: coincidence, bus, deal, absurd, letter, fortune, clip, distant, bat.
275. Write a poem about your dream house.
276. Write a poem using the following image: five teenagers sitting in detention.
277. A lizard scuttles over a hot rock, tongue lashing at dried-out beetles.
278. Use all of the following words in a poem: scarce, pilgrimage, tongues, luck, tire, test, alive.
279. Write a poem about the government.
280. Write a poem using the following image: a robot assembling products on a factory line.