This poem was the result of a writing prompt I gave participants in a workshop I led on Collaborative Creativity at the 2023 St. David’s Christian Writers’ Conference, held at Allegheny College. The prompt was to go outside into the gardens or stay inside in the living atrium and connec...
Through Three Long Months of Ice and Snow. When Drinking Water, bless the Parent Rill; When Eating, thank the Plow that broke the Clod; When Donning Garments, praise the Weaver’s Skill; With every Breath He gives, remember God. The Monkey jeers; such odd Mistakes In Weaving Sticks, the...
159. Prepare to pull an all-nighter by drinking three Mountain Dews and two cups of coffee and eating a handful of No-Doz; accomplish nothing due to an inability to sit still. 160. Have the courage to tell a professor what you really think of his or her class. 161. Climb all 161 ...