21 July 2019
For Mercy has a human heart,/Pity, a human face:/ And Love, the human form divine,/And Peace, the human dress.–William Blake
Make art about mercy, about showing mercy, about receiving mercy, about the power of mercy.
Happy National Poetry Month!!! Let’s get that write on!
Wanta play Poem a Day? Or Flash? Or micromemoir?
Instead of the Daily Prompt Love, I’ve posted 15 Brand New Prompts all together for a Poetry Month celebration! Write whatever you want–poem a day, flash, microessays!
I’ll add 15 more in a couple of weeks to finish out the month’s celebration!
Join us over in the Better Than Black Friday Writing Group on Facebook for some poem a day, or whenever prompted action 
Party on, writers! 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1512919158978356/
20 March 2018
Make art about who’s watching.
21 March 2018
Make art about self-acceptance.
22 March 2018
Make art about what you’re hiding from.
23 March 2018
Make art about what you’re searching for.
24 March 2018
Make art about getting messages from the dead.
25 March 2018
Make art about when the mothership returns.
26 March 2018
“In this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. Love it. Love it hard.”-Toni Morrison
Make art about that magical machine you inhabit.
27 March 2018
Make art about the growth that can come from encountering opposition.
28 March 2018
Always a visitor, always away.
Make art inspired by my visitor this morning.
27 February 2018
Make art about telling or hearing from someone these so-important words.
28 February 2018
Yesterday I had a talk with my students, one I have with all of my classes at some point in the semester, a reminder that it’s okay to ask for help.
Make art about asking for help.
26 February 2018
Make art about what the trees know, abut the wisdom of trees.
12 February 2018
The world today desperately needs tenderness. Make art about acts of tenderness, tender hands.
13 February 2018
Make art about losing time.
14 February 2018
Make art about feeling fragmented.
15 February 2018
Make art about the weight of grieving.
16 February 2018
Make art about righteous anger.
17 February 2018
Make art about what shines.
18 February 2018
Make art about the betrayal of children, betraying a child’s trust.
19 February 2018
Make art about what patriotism means to you.
20 February 2018
Make art about who watches over you.
21 February 2018
Make art about working toward the answer.
22 February 2018
Make art about the revolution.
23 February 2018
“And a little child shall lead them.”- Isaiah 11:6 Make art inspired by this.
10 February 2018
“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve…You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”―Martin Luther King Jr.
Make art about loving hearts that serve.
11 February 2018
“Introverts live in two worlds: We visit the world of people, but solitude and the inner world will always be our home.”-Jenn Granneman
Make art about being an introvert, about “visiting the world of people,” or about needing time in that inner world.
31 January 2018
Make art about daily actions that show respect for others, about tolerance, about countering divisiveness.
29 January 2018
Make art about where the threshold between dreaming life and waking life, or about the merging of the two.
Mary Carroll-Hackett: Poetry and Prose 
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