121. Write a poem about something ugly—war, fear, hate, or cruelty—but try to find the beauty (silver lining) in it or something good that comes out of it.
122. Use all of the following words in a poem: thunder, blaring, seagulls, fans, children, wrap, span.
123. Write a poem about a restaurant.
124. Write a poem using the following image: a window on the forty-second floor of a high-rise building.
125. Silvery flakes drifted downward, glittering in the bright light of the harvest moon. The blackbird soared.
126. Use all of the following words in a poem: brother, car, flying, animals, rolling, concrete, ice, red.
127. Write a poem about the library or a bookstore.
128. Write a poem using the following image: a grave surrounded by mourners.
129. A twinkling eye can mean many things. Write a poem about a twinkle in some- one’s eye.
130. Use all of the following words in a poem: snap, spoon, grass, needles, carts, roll, squeeze, crimson.
131. Write a poem about hobos.
132. Write a poem using the following image: bats hanging upside-down in a cave.
133. Two players, two sides, two strategies. They rise with weapons held high— words or swords, law or rebellion. Write a poem about opposition or competition.
134. Use all of the following words in a poem: toes, pale, veins, floor, spiderwebs, dive.
135. Write a poem about an abandoned ghost town.
136. Write a poem using the following image: a prison cell with writing all over the walls.
137. Write a poem about something beautiful—love, birth, a glorious sunset—but find the dark side of it.
138. Use all of the following words in a poem: sisters, duty, floating, give, green, face, found.
139. Write a poem about the sun or the moon.
140. Write a poem using the following image: a courtroom after a trial.