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Sometimes the Prompt Is Left Behind For You

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Just drafted a poem called The Words Mama Left Me.
 
Make art about inheritance.
 
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Sometimes the Prompt Dances In Like a Gift

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Dreamt the walls of my bedroom melted away and I found myself surrounded by a herd of gentle deer, with their liquid eyes and dancer feet. They nuzzled me with velvet snouts, and whispered Welcome Welcome. We picked our way through a twilight wood, until the trees opened up into broad sweet-smelling fields. And then we ran, and ran, and ran. 🙂
 
Make art inspired by deer.
 
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Sometimes the Prompt Requires Action

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First week in the online class is all about defining activism, personal and professional.
Make art rooted in action.
action makes change

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Sometimes the Prompt Is A Tender Touch

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Thinkin of all the loving care my nurse mama and sister gave their patients for decades.

Make art about nurses, about caretakers.

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american nurse

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Daily Prompt Catch-Up! Now that all my grades are in!

12/9/2015

Up to my eyes in grading for the end of the semester. Make art about a teacher, or teaching.

12/10/2015

Doing an Interview Skills Consultation today. Make art involving questions and answers.

12/11/2015

Last day of grading, semester ending. Make art about something coming to an end.

12/12/2015

Had the most amazing conversation last night, with two young men servin in the Army, both scheduled for deployment in the next few months. One of the young men openly talked about the role faith plays in his life. He spoke with deep compassion of even the enemy he has trained to engage, and I was humbled and awed at how much grace and humanity these young warriors show. Make art about warriors.

12/13/2015

Make art about decompressing.

de·com·press

(dē′kəm-prĕs′)

v. de·com·pressed, de·com·press·ing, de·com·press·es

v.tr.

1. To relieve of pressure or compression.

2. To bring (a person exposed to conditions of increased pressure) gradually back to normal atmospheric pressure.

v.intr.

1. To adjust to normal atmospheric conditions after being exposed to increased pressure.

2. Informal To relax: decompressed after 12 hours of driving.

 

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Sometimes the Prompt Comes to an End

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Last day of grading, semester ending. Make art about something coming to an end.
 
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Friday Call For Submissions Love! TulipTree Review

TulipTree Review

Stories That Need To Be Told

TULIPTREE REVIEW is a quarterly print literary journal accepting submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. There is no reading fee and authors whose works are accepted will receive free subscriptions. For guidelines and contact information, visit www.tuliptreepub.com.

GENERAL SUBMISSIONS

No Reading Fee

You can submit your work at any time for free if you would like to be considered for publication in the TulipTree Review.

How It Works

General submissions are not eligible for cash prizes. If your work is selected for publication in TulipTree Review, you will receive a one-year subscription toTulipTree Review.

How to Format Your Submission

  • Entries should be in Microsoft Word-compatible or PDF format and sent as an attachment to an email (not in the body of the email).
  • Fiction and nonfiction entries should be double-spaced.
  • Poetry format is open; for general submissions please put all of the poems in one document.

INCLUDE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION

In the body of your email…

  • Include your name, mailing address, and title(s) of the work(s) you are submitting.
  • Include a bio that will appear with your work if it’s published.
  • Also, because we are usually accepting submissions for various anthologies as well as the journal, please indicate in the subject or body that your submission is for TulipTree Review.

​On your submission…

  • Include your name, mailing address, email address, and title of the work on the first page.

Word Limits

There are no word limits (min. or max.) for general submissions.

Legal Stuff

By submitting your work, you are stating and agreeing that (1) the work is your own original work, (2) no one else owns the rights to publish said work, and (3) you are granting TulipTree Publishing, LLC (TulipTree) the right to publish said work, unless you withdraw your work prior to TulipTree’s decision to publish.

TulipTree does not retain rights to your work after we publish it. If it is published again we ask only for an acknowledgment in the new publication (e.g., “previously published in TulipTree Review,” etc.).

How to Submit

Email general submissions to submissions@tuliptreepub.com.

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Hundreds of writing and creativity prompts here!!

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Daily Prompt Catch-Up <3 Naming & Healing

12/5/2015

I haven’t put up a Christmas tree since 2011, the year both my husband and brother walked on to the next life. This year, I’m finally putting one up again, and covering it with crazy little angels I’ve been handmaking from clay and fabric for several weeks. I’m calling it my Healing Tree. Make art about healing.

12/6/2015

Quiet Sunday morning with my son.  Make art about quiet.

12/7/2015

“So many names, my mother, I’m never sure what to call you.”~Rudy Make art about names, about naming.

Itty Bitty Angel Tree

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Sometimes the Prompt Requires Action

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Mornin news story on how law enforcement s now strongly encouragin people to report it if their neighbors are actin odd or “suspicious.” One of the signs they mentioned is havin lots of deliveries, like from UPS. If this is the standard, I’m screwed. Totalitarianism for breakfast 😦

Because I think we need to….Make art about resistance.

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For the Consideration of Poets

by Haki Madhubuti

where is the poetry of resistance,

the poetry of honorable defiance

unafraid of lies from career politicians and business men,

not respectful of journalist who write

official speak void of educated thought

without double search or sub surface questions

that war talk demands?

where is the poetry of doubt and suspicion

not in the service of the state, bishops and priests,

not in the service of beautiful people and late night promises,

not in the service of influence, incompetence and academic

clown talk?

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art is resistance

 

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