Day 91

Coffee cup puddles
in two twelve year-old's hands made
bedtime much too late.

Prompt:  Use dry coffee beans, dry or wet coffee grounds, or even liquid coffee (in a cup or not) to create something today.

Day 90

Green-painted cardboard
star-shape cut, taped and streamer'd
for six year-old's bash!

Prompt:  Make a pinata and destroy it!

Day 89

Inch diameter
bubble wrap stuck to windows =
cheap insulation.


Prompt:  Work only with bubble wrap or any other packing materials you have on hand.

Day 88

Articles (xeroxed)
and writing samples (written)
create lesson plans.


 Prompt:  Make something only using stuff from your workplace or office.

Day 87

wax resist batik -
inky dyed butterflies fill
ironed-out boundaries

Prompt:  What can you do with a candle? 

Day 86

Surprise Birthday cake
cookies frosted all in white
light and make a wish

Prompt:  Decorate a cake, pie, or cookie. 

Day 85

Beautiful women
insist to be something more
than decorative.


Prompt:  Work with words.

Day 84

Bubbles float
delight across kid faces
into clapping hands. 

Prompt:  Keep it clean.  Use a bar of soap to make something new.  You can carve it with a knife, use it to draw, break it into pieces, or even make bubbles - just have fun.

Day 83

Picks up a spark, he
(hi-bana, fire-flower)
becomes fiery.


Prompt: Make a visual pun.

Day 82

Serrated fork tines -
a singular spork upgrade
yields a three-in-one.


Prompt: Create a new kind of utensil.

Day 81

Pin-stuck eraser -
a porcupine-ish nightmare
pink-pricks my fingers
  
Prompt:  Make something out of erasers.

Day 80

Green-dyed white frosting -
artificial food rule gone
for froggy cupcakes

Prompt:  Try dyeing!  Work with food or fabric dye.

Day 79

The mystery box
holds obscure, used media
and for the kids, fun.

The barking dogs guard
hubcap art beyond their gate
of yarn-stormed branches


Prompt:  Walk through an alley or along a small road and pick up discarded materials to work with.

Day 78

The Gale Family
braved the wind on bicycles
for grandma's last breath.



Prompt:  Make up a name and write a back story for a stranger you see today.

Day 77

Anxiety shreds -
aided by a machine and
the culture of fear

Prompt: Work with shredded paper. 

Day 76

Five feathered chain lengths
dangle from snug-fitting cuff
to tickle her chin.


Prompt: Make something inspired by and/or that fits on or around your ear.

Day 75

Chalky welcome mat
in rainbow colors on knees
washed away with rain.

Prompt:  Get some chalk and work on the sidewalk near your home.

Day 74

Ikea for lunch -
didn't make anything but
a full shopping cart.


Prompt: Be bold.  Go to a store that you frequently shop at or a restaurant where you frequently eat and ask what they'll let you make there.

Day 73

Epcot sand sculpture
captured a chimp family
and us in the zoo.

Prompt:  Work with the gravel, sand, or rocks available near your home.

Day 72

Four towers of shoes
waiting for Cinderella
didn't fit us three.

Prompt:  Use all of the shoes in your household to make something, or work on a single pair of shoes that were destined for the thrift store.

Day 71

Steampunk inspired
yesterday and tomorrow
ogled spectacles

Prompt: Time travel!  Make something that seems like it came from another era in history.

Day 70

Girls guessed a number -
no other fair way decides
who gets to sleep where

Prompt:  Work only with numbers today.

Day 69

Forty-eight pieces
interlocking on the floor
make twelve butterflies

Day 68

Paper mache bowl -
colored tissue paper strips
hold treasured bracelets

Prompt:  Create something with paper mache. 

Day 67

Implant micro-chips
change human interaction
with single eye-blink

Prompt:  Write a ten-word science fiction story.

Day 66

Breakfast burrito
severely disappointed
my on-the-run hopes

Prompt: Go grocery shopping and pick up something new.

Day 65

Tangram octopus -
seven geometric shapes,
angled silhouette

Prompt:  Work with only the classic tangram shapes.

Day 64

The women's movement
paved the way for me to feel
normal not fractioned.

Prompt:  It's all about you.  Incorporate yourself into whatever you make. 

Day 63

Stenciled paper mask,
seashell, feathers embellished
art of family

Prompt:  Behind the mask.  Create a unique mask with whatever materials you like. 
 

Day 62

Broccoli forests
line the cous cous gravel path,
cauliflower ground.


Prompt:  Make something with your dinner before you eat it. 

Day 61

A load of laundry -
staaaaaaanky soggy towels wait
topped with dirty duds

Prompt:  Use only things you find around the bathroom to create something.