This poem is perfect for job hunting, although I must admit I believe my skills—my speed in growing hair and flailing in shallow water and conversation—are hardly marketable so far. Perhaps I just haven’t found the right cubicle or puddle. As a child I visited Union Station in St. Louis and wanted to be bartender just to serve drinks surrounded by all that arched green tile and dark wood.
The first prompt for a poem, story or essay is to fill in the gaps in your résumé with the best vacations and lazy Saturdays you’ve had or to add the skills you feel give you the most joy, whether it is finding faces in tree bark and clouds or spotting mushrooms in undergrowth or remembering song lyrics.
For the second prompt, use the line “I’ll do whatever you want, as long as I can do it” for a ghostline. Remember to erase the line after you’ve finished the poem or story and credit the poet with an after statement or in the title.
The third prompt is to write a poem or story using the following words: “casino,” “dioramas,” “Latin,” “balance,” “falls,” “veranda,” “strangers,” “calls,” “broker” and “morning.”
The next is to write makes you “get up in the morning” in a poem, story or essay.
For the last, write about your calling and what or who is answering.
Bonus prompt: write whatever this photo and/or its accompanying text inspires (photo not mine).
Good luck. Have fun writing.