Write about something you'd like to set on fire — whether it's an act of rage, or love, or release, or in service of some much-needed heat (literal or metaphorical). A letter, a photo, a memory, an ugly sweater, a piece of furniture, a sexual encounter.
For further inspiration, listen to the song Lost and Found by Jenny Ritter from her album Raised by Wolves. There's a part of the song that's about setting fire to a piano.
Love.
Write a list of things that are mysteries to you.
Here are some of mine:
Pugs.
Car engines.
Men who are super into knives.
My brain.
The Internet.
Go to @impromptuprompts on Instagram (see below) to add to the group poetry project:
Write a story, poem, play, essay, memoir, song - or draw or paint or collage something (my dear friend Emily Carlaw @frecklesandporcelain recently pointed out to me that IMPROMPTU prompts can also be used for art).
Include these 5 ingredients:
1. An arrival
2. An object you love
3. Something you're not sorry about.
4. The next sound you hear
5. Something you wish you'd never been told