Thursday, October 27, 2011

99 Posts To Go

99-day challenge, with a break in between for a guest post. And my first guest will be Ms Angie "UbeRFan" Ong. Now just a matter of when to start. December seems to be a good time, but I might just start a little earlier. So here's the list:
  1. Name, age, birthday, hobbies, favorite music
  2. Write a poem where each line starts with a letter from your first name. It can be about anything, but it should not be about you or your name.
  3. Tell your life story in 6 words.
  4. Three pictures of yourself.
  5. If you could be an animal, which one would you be and why?
  6. Do you care about what people think of you? Why is this?
  7. Picture "Your Favourite...."
  8. Imagine yourself doing any household task/chore, then write a poem using what you’ve imagined as an extended metaphor for writing.
  9. Where is your "happy place"?
  10. Quote that describes you
  11. Your Camera In The Photo
  12. The meaning behind your blog url/title
  13. Quote about family
  14. Your family.
  15. Write a narrative poem detailing a specific childhood memory.
  16. Picture “Childhood”
  17. Your opinion on cheating on people.
  18. Pick a one line song lyric to serve as an epigraph to your poem. Then, write the poem to accompany it.
  19. Ten things about you that people wouldn’t expect.
  20. Quote about friendship
  21. The kind of person attracts you.
  22. Picture "Stranger"
  23. Begin with the title “The Poem I’d Never Write.” Then, write that poem.
  24. Quote about love
  25. Something you love.
  26. Picture “Love”
  27. Post a poem (written by someone else) that you love.
  28. Respond to the poem you posted yesterday with a poem of your own.
  29. Screenshot your desktop.
  30. What you wear to bed.
  31. Picture "Broken"
  32. Your last kiss.
  33. Visit a virtual art gallery and look around until you find a piece that intrigues you. Write a poem inspired by the artwork.
  34. Picture of a picture
  35. Your opinion on religion.
  36. Write a three line poem about lemons without using the following words: lemon, yellow, round, fruit, citrus, tart, juicy, peel, and sour.
  37. The best thing to happen to you this week.
  38. Picture "Sweet"
  39. Your opinion on drugs
  40. Quote about life
  41. Write a poem of any length incorporating every word from your latest Facebook status.
  42. Picture “Gluttony”
  43. Write a cinquain on a topic of your choice.
  44. Something you’re worrying about.
  45. Quote that makes you smile
  46. Find the nearest book (of any kind). Turn to page 8. Use the first ten full words on the page in a poem. You may use them in any order, anywhere in the poem.
  47. Your favorite song and why it’s your favorite song
  48. Alphabet-ography
  49. Write a short poem that a child would like.
  50. Quote you would inscribe on your wedding ring
  51. Something you hate.
  52. GUEST POST
  53. Number-ography
  54. Write a haiku. They’re often about nature, but yours can be about anything.
  55. Picture "Shadows"
  56. Who was the last person you texted? Write a five line poem to that person.
  57. Five things that irritate you about the same sex? Opposite sex?
  58. Quickly jot down four verbs, four adjectives, and four nouns. Write a poem using all 12 words.
  59. Your opinion on alcohol.
  60. Picture "On the Floor"
  61. Write a poem that includes all of the following words: pistachio, ink, pebble, weather, varnish.
  62. Talk about the first time you met your friends
  63. Something that pisses you off
  64. Picture "Out of Focus".
  65. Quote you would write on your bedroom wall
  66. How you have changed in the past 2 years
  67. Picture(s) of you and your best friend(s)
  68. Write a poem about the first car you bought/drove/remember.
  69. Five things you want to say to five people.
  70. Picture "Movement"
  71. Quote from a book
  72. Something you’re really excited for
  73. Picture "Colour"
  74. Quote that reminds you of someone
  75. The person you like and why you like them.
  76. Write a list poem.
  77. Picture "Reflection"
  78. Two good things that happened recently.
  79. Take a walk until you find a tree you identify with then write a poem using the tree as a metaphor for yourself or your life.
  80. Picture "Mother Nature"
  81. Favourite Disney quote
  82. Write a bad poem, make it as lousy as you can, do everything wrong, let yourself be awful.
  83. What is your most treasured possession & why?
  84. Picture "Close Up"
  85. Quote from a TV show
  86. Write a poem without any end rhyme, only internal rhyme.
  87. Picture "Light"
  88. Quote from a movie
  89. Write a poem that’s different in some way from anything you’ve ever written. Take a chance! Be wild!
  90. What wouldn't you change about your life? Why?
  91. Picture "Backlighting"
  92. Briefly research a poetic form of your choice and write a poem according to the rules of that particular form.
  93. Quote of your favourite lyric
  94. Picture “Holidays”
  95. Write a seven line poem that begins with “it’s true that fresh air is good for the body” (from Frank O’Hara’s poem “Ave Maria”) and ends with “this is our body” (from Gary Snyder’s “The Bath”)
  96. What is your perception on love
  97. Write a poem that employs a rhyme scheme.
  98. Quote you'd want on a t-shirt
  99. Picture "Time"
  100. Choose one of the poems you’ve already written and posted as part of this challenge and re-order it in some way. You could rearrange the lines or stanzas or even words in a line. Think of it as a puzzle!

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