Twitter and the poets active on it are the gift that keep giving for slackers like myself. Btw, Eduardo C. Corral is an amazing poet. I loved his book Slow Lightning, and his next book Guillotine is on my Christmas list.

For the first prompt, write a poem about how we see what we want to exist in the world. Bonus points if you refer to optical illusions or that Twitter dress controversy—blue and black or white and gold.

For the second prompt, the horse with blanket is Batman. Write a poem about this caped crusader and his oats.

For the next prompt, write a poem from the following nouns in “Cayucos”: “net,” “color,” “coast,” “punt,” “scents” “ball,” “wax,” “shadow,” “tar,” and “honey” but as verbs.

For another prompt, use the etymology of a word—how it traveled from one land to another—to carry the poem onward.

For the final prompt, use the line “Day after day spent shaping” as a ghostline. Remember to erase the line after writing the poem and give credit to the poet.