1. Most people have a favorite place, what is yours and what makes it so special for you?
2. September is traditionally the end of the growing year, a time of harvests and planning for the coming winter, a time of taking stock of the status quo. Are you satisfied with how you have spent your time in 2023 thus far? Why or why not?
3. Autumn (or Fall) season begins in September. What do you like most, or least, about this season and why?

1. This month begins with a nod to friendship and ends with Be Kind to Humankind Day.
   1. Is there a difference between these two ideas? What defines that gap? Or if you do not think there is a difference, explain why you feel that way.
   2. Which of these two subjects do you think is more important or are they equal? Why do you feel this way, what led you to this conclusion?
2. For Bad Poetry Day, this site featured two pieces:
   1. In one, the author describes his writing as “gibberish.” Do you think Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” is gibberish? Does it still work as a poem?
   2. In another, the author rewrote a well-known nursery rhyme in an effort to create “bad poetry.” Did the author succeed? Why or Why not?
   3. Try writing your own “bad poetry” for next year’s Bad Poetry Day.
3. One author this month became so involved with the story of her own creation that years later she writes to the main character. Have you ever felt this way about one of your own characters? Try writing a letter to that character.
4. . August also has days highlighting family fun, clowns. These two subjects may be a lot alike or quite far apart. What is your opinion and why?

1. This month begins with a nod to friendship and ends with Be Kind to Humankind Day.
   1. Is there a difference between these two ideas? What defines that gap? Or if you do not think there is a difference, explain why you feel that way.
   2. Which of these two subjects do you think is more important or are they equal? Why do you feel this way, what led you to this conclusion?
2. For Bad Poetry Day, this site featured two pieces:
   1. In one, the author describes his writing as “gibberish.” Do you think Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” is gibberish? Does it still work as a poem?
   2. In another, the author rewrote a well-known nursery rhyme in an effort to create “bad poetry.” Did the author succeed? Why or Why not?
   3. Try writing your own “bad poetry” for next year’s Bad Poetry Day.
3. One author this month became so involved with the story of her own creation that years later she writes to the main character. Have you ever felt this way about one of your own characters? Try writing a letter to that character.
4. . August also has days highlighting family fun, clowns. These two subjects may be a lot alike or quite far apart. What is your opinion and why?

1. This month a poet offers his opinion of what it is to be an American.

• Do you agree with his description? What would you add or delete?
• What would you list and what the reasons for the list you chose?

2. Another subject this month is that of healing. Some choose to find healing in nature. Do you? What does nature offer you? How does it make you feel?
3. The unexplored is always tantalizing. What have you failed to explore, but always wanted to delve into? What is stopping you?