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Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! I took this picture while riding somewhere in outstate Minnesota, through farm country. I don’t even know exactly what it is, but I’d love to see it in action! This image makes me think of: 1) tinkers that went from town to town

Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! When I was walking Captain Jack the other night, the sun shining on these weeds caught my eye. This image makes me think of: 1) a UFO shining down 2) butterflies in chrysalises, waiting to fly 3) slugs–ugh! And here’s my?first draft: Chrysalis

Photo: Laura Purdie Salas Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Randy and I went to the American Idol concert last week, and I took this picture of a lamp in the lobby.?It makes me think of: 1)?butterfly wings 2)’sunrise 3) shuffling a deck of cards And here’s my?first draft

Photo: Laura Purdie Salas Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Here’s a pic I snapped in Vegas last spring. It makes me think of: 1)?a’deck of cards 2)?gila monsters and how their bacteria-laden saliva is what kills their prey 3) standup paddleboarding And here’s my?first draft: Conqueror I?rule over

Photo: Laura Purdie Salas Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Here’s a little prop from our?Minnesota Brass show this season, Supernova!?It makes me think of: 1)?a shooting star 2)?a squid 3) New Year’s Eve And here’s my?first draft: Comet I arc above Stars applaud my sparkling wake of dust

Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Here’s a picture I took during my nature-poetry-writing workshop in Bemidji, MN, earlier this summer.?This image makes me think of: 1)?cauliflower 2)?Alice in Wonderland 3) s’mores! And here’s my?first draft: When I Eat S’mores, I Taste…? smoky ghost stories, crisp Superior winds, crunchy,

Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Here’s a forgotten photo I found on my phone . This is a sculpture in an art gallery in one of the skyways in downtown Minneapolis.?This image makes me think of: 1)?the Jetsons 2)?how would you shower if you were made of metal?

Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Happy Thursday, and if you’re visiting as a result of Mary Lee Hahn’s kind shoutout at nErDcamp MI, welcome! We love having new people drop by and give this a try–or use it with their students, even if they never post. On the

Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Surprising nature images are my favorite poetry prompt, but?everyday stuff works, too! Here’s?our upstairs hall light.?The image makes me think of: 1)?an invisible creature watching (one eye is the light; the other eye is the reflection of the light on the hall wall)