1. Celebrate Your Youth
   • Is there a place that you hold dear? What made it special for you? How do you feel about it now?
   • Is there an activity you especially enjoyed as a child? What was it and why did you like it so much? Is it an activity you still enjoy?
2. For Teachers’ Day:
   • Write about a favorite teacher and what you gained from knowing that person.
   • What are the characteristics of a good teacher?
3. Have you ever been surprised by a scene or sound in nature?
   • What surprised you and why?
   • Was it a happy experience or not?

1. Try your creativity by beginning with a preposition for every line in a stanza but the last as Kathleen Roxby does in THE STORYTELLER, the keeper of histories for the first week of April. The pattern for her poem is four stanzas of three lines each beginning with a unique preposition and a fourth line which is the same for each stanza.
2. Create a poem based on your name. See Kathleen Roxby’s My Name this month.
3. Try your skill with the syllable haiku using 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second and 5 in the last. Haikus tend to focus on nature and the final line is often a twist on what has proceeded. There are four example of haiku on the site this month.

1. Try your creativity by beginning with a preposition for every line in a stanza but the last as Kathleen Roxby does in THE STORYTELLER, the keeper of histories for the first week of April. The pattern for her poem is four stanzas of three lines each beginning with a unique preposition and a fourth line which is the same for each stanza.
2. Create a poem based on your name. See Kathleen Roxby’s My Name this month.
3. Try your skill with the syllable haiku using 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second and 5 in the last. Haikus tend to focus on nature and the final line is often a twist on what has proceeded. There are four example of haiku on the site this month.

1. “Music hath charms to soothe the breast,” comes from a play by William Congreve. Do you agree? Why?
2. March is Women’s History Month. Do you know a woman or women who inspired you? How did such a woman inspire you?
3. Are your glued to your smart phone or PC? Take a day off and describe the changes, if any, that you feel in yourself. Was it a good day or one that was stressful? What does this tell you? Would you willing unplug for another day?
4. Try writing a nonsense poem like the one by Robert Roxby, “An Exercise in Flummery.” You can use any format you choose, maybe the popular limerick form of nonsense poems. Or check out Richard Armour for your inspiration, or another writer of your choice.