PROMPT: Cross-Country

Daily writing prompt
You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?

Could be any or all of the above, plus camel, foot, or snowmobile — depending on the country, of course.

I can’t say how I’d take a cross-country trip without knowing which country it is that I’m crossing. Vatican City frowns on you driving a bus through it, Russia is too long to do entirely on cross-country skis, and one can’t transit Bolivia in a ferry.

Classing It Up [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of "Le Toilet," a Mona Lisa-festooned Port-o-Potty in downtown Decatur, Georgia -- in front of the Old Courthouse.
One can't class up a Porta Potty
With French or fancy works of art.
For each is like a ghetto squatty
Where one fears to sit... or even fart.

Locus [Common Meter]

One clump of flowers has the power
To lure the eye’s focus.
The background blurs as mind infers
Which hue shall be the locus.

DAILY PHOTO: Lake, Low & Blue

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Photograph taken of Lake Hartwell in Georgia, under deep blue skies.

Naked Wisdom [Haiku]

Photograph of a barren tree taken on the Butch Kennedy Trail, near Lake Hartwell, in South Carolina.
one bare tree
knew not to bud or bloom
before the last freeze.

PROMPT: Confident Person

Daily writing prompt
Who is the most confident person you know?

You wouldn’t know him. The guy is kind of an arrogant prick.

DAILY PHOTO: Agnes Scott Campus

Agnes Scott Hall
Elizabeth Kiss Welcome Center
Julia Thompson Smith Chapel

PROMPT: Negative Feelings

Daily writing prompt
What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?

Sakshi Bhavan, the dispassionate witness, giving feelings one’s full attention without allowing rumination that compounds the effect.

Not technically a strategy, but I think it’s on point.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from the 2026 Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade

PROMPT: Lose Yourself

Daily writing prompt
What activities do you lose yourself in?

Reading, walking, writing, swimming, thinking, and epic rap battles. You’ve only got one shot…