21. Now that time has healed the wounds, write a poem to someone who broke your heart long ago.
22. Use all of the following words in a poem: deadline, boom, children, shallow, dirt, creep, instigate.
23. Write a poem about streets, highways, and bridges.
24. Write a poem using the following images: a broken bottle and a guitar pick.
25. Write a poem about the smell of cheesy, doughy, saucy, spicy pizza baking in the oven.
26. Use all of the following words in a poem: green, loudly, tub, swim, sultry, sharp, throw.
27. Write a poem about something that scares you.
28. Write a poem using the following image: a rusty handsaw.
29. Imagine you are twenty-five years older than you are now. Write a poem about your life.
30. Use all of the following words in a poem: haunt, long, water, dream, waste, back, push, breathe, chase, where, packed, glass.
31. The most traditional odes extol the virtues of a loved one. Whom do you love? Tell that person why with a poem.
32. Write a poem using the following image: a camel walking across the desert.
33. Think back to the most wonderful place you’ve ever been. What was the weather like? What did you do there? What did you see?
34. Use all of the following words in a poem: dash, hard, staple, billboard, part, circle, flattened.
35. You don’t have to know or love someone to pay tribute to them. Write a poem honoring one of your heroes—someone who has, from a distance, made a difference in your life.
36. Write a poem using the following image: a clearing deep in the woods where sunlight filters through the overhead lattice of tree leaves.
37. Write a poem about the fizzing sound of cola being poured into a glass full of ice cubes.
38. Use all of the following words in a poem: heart, rose, twisted, stars, fire, nibble, eyes, parched, dance, chaos.
39. Write a poem about the wind or the sky.
40. Write a poem using the following image: an owl soaring through the night sky.