Right now This is my prep page. It’s the night before. We have an air mattress set up for cyn, the pool room bed for ronan, ashs bed for lunden and two pillow fort type spots ready to be assembled. We also have the outdoor furniture and the living room depending on time of day and necessity. We have the dining room and the patio if it stops raining although I’m going to be honest, I do not want it to stop raining. We have water and tea and coffee and to is bringing some soda as well. I have just ordered a fuck ton of chicken nuggets and frozen cokes for mom and I.<\/p>\n
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If you\u2019re not interested in prompts or snack ideas you can stop reading here. The rest is just getting things listed and off of my chest so I can sleep well tonight and show up ready for the marathon. I\u2019ll also make a separate post tomorrow of all the out of context quotes in the house during the marathon as well. They make pretty good prompts and memories. I\u2019ll post the final draft of it after the marathon, so it doesn\u2019t get lost in all my poem drafts.<\/p>\n
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The Food we have procured:<\/p>\n
blueberries<\/p>\n
bananas<\/p>\n
clementines<\/p>\n
apples<\/p>\n
spinach<\/p>\n
spinach dip<\/p>\n
artichoke dip<\/p>\n
bell peppers<\/p>\n
carrots<\/p>\n
queso with spicy jelepenos<\/p>\n
chips<\/p>\n
ramen<\/p>\n
coke a cola<\/p>\n
iced tea peach<\/p>\n
iced tea green<\/p>\n
iced coffee<\/p>\n
candy in chocolate varieties of hersheys mixed, reeces pieces, and milk duds and sour candies including sweet tarts and skittles sours<\/p>\n
and we ordered chicken nuggets in a fuck ton variety and we also have tv dinners we can modify and things of that kind. I also have a frozen coke which is delicious. Cyn is also here and shes making matza ball soup which is delicious and we appreciate it and I have missed it for a long time. And I’m looking forward to this experience. And I’m excited about the snacks and the projects and all the things coming up. I have some prompts prepped and I also have a charity stream I’ll be hosting so I’m going in and prepping Instagram right now and Twitch as well. I’m getting squared away for that as well. We are trading chicken nugget stories as well which is great. And we are just kind of hanging out getting ready for tomorrow but trying not to stress out or over react or over think. I’m also doing Pen.Ember which is writing every day this month and I need to pop in and do that for today as well. And I need to finish this damn battle and I’m soooo close but I’m also not trying to be rude to cyn or ro. And we’re worried about lundens reaction to reiki or tarot cards and we’re trying to figure out what health care precautions need to be taken over the course of the weekend. Zach and his parents are at dinner. But they’ll be here soon.<\/p>\n
Now we have new developments and I don\u2019t really know how I feel because well, it\u2019s been a lot. The soup was delicious but I\u2019m still hungry so probably going to dive into the nuggets that are now readily available. I\u2019m glad Cyn ate the fries. And I\u2019m glad I got myself a frozen coke – my throat and stomach both feel better. Ronan is doing a reread for tomorrow\u2019s final draft goal. Cyn is resting on the air mattress and vegging out. And well, my computer is factory resetting\u2026 everything. I am losing all my undercurrent notes – but not really because they are stored here on 4thewords and on novlr – but I\u2019m losing the formatting and the pretty esthetics. So anyway my computer is factory resetting because it wasn\u2019t registering the fact that I do have a camera and that I do need to stream tomorrow. Zach has his brand new laptop as well. And thank god I have the keyboard for here and I\u2019m able to get my words in and my prep done and my worries off of my chest before going to bed and waking up and putting my best foot forward for the actual challenge tomorrow. I am looking forward to it thought and I\u2019m ready to track all the words I write – not just the poem an hour thing. And I\u2019m also ready to see what I\u2019m capable of. And I kind of want to try collaging every hour on the iPad too since I\u2019ve never just sat down to do that. Although I much prefer the regular real tangible stickers for that. Though my wrists will probably prefer not having to do the weird motions getting the sticker paper off and making sure the stickers don\u2019t stick to the wrong things. We still have two to three hours before Lunden gets here and I want a cup of tea. I have decaf constant comet and I\u2019m really thinking about it after this battle. I\u2019m ready for the marathon. For the updates. For the prompts. The encouragement. The candy. The everything. And I\u2019m very much looking forward to the fake nails as well. So yes anyway I\u2019m ready for this shit.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s my master prompt list in case I run out or add to it as i go or whatever: Tomorrow is National Hummingbird Day so I want to write a collection or chap book titled \u201cThe Hummingbird Lounge\u201d and I want to explore how that name came to be and where we\u2019re going and who I miss and all of those kinds of things with that in mind these are the bare minimum 24 prompts::<\/p>\n
1. Early morning thoughts<\/p>\n
2. Coffee at sunrise<\/p>\n
3. Missing the veranda<\/p>\n
4. Who we could be<\/p>\n
5. Sip on summer<\/p>\n
6. Embracing change<\/p>\n
7. Pastel ghost<\/p>\n
8. Crumpled pages<\/p>\n
9. Nicknames outlive you<\/p>\n
10. Away with the butterflies<\/p>\n
11. Exploring wonder<\/p>\n
12. What you want to remember<\/p>\n
13. Fabric flowers<\/p>\n
14. Growing up paint splattered<\/p>\n
15. Silver linings<\/p>\n
16. Recycled books<\/p>\n
17. Paper airplane wishes<\/p>\n
18. 2 am phone calls<\/p>\n
19. The artist\u2019s hour<\/p>\n
20. Waltzing with memory<\/p>\n
21. Listening to music you left behind<\/p>\n
22. Naming hummingbirds<\/p>\n
23. Softly laughing<\/p>\n
24. Fascinating feelings<\/p>\n
My September Prompts in case I need extras because I plan on writing way more than one poem an hour. But will still adhere to the challenge of writing at least one poem within every hour and using that as the poem I post to the site\/blog thing.<\/p>\n
1. Life is good<\/p>\n
2. What you\u2019re wishing<\/p>\n
3. Tasting tomorrow<\/p>\n
4. Playing hopscotch<\/p>\n
5. Sparkly dragon scales<\/p>\n
6. Half made dreamer<\/p>\n
7. Pour a drink<\/p>\n
8. Anxiety and answers<\/p>\n
9. Plastic hearts<\/p>\n
10. Over a cup of coffee<\/p>\n
11. nauseas and noble<\/p>\n
12. Side effects of you<\/p>\n
13. Percentage of autumn<\/p>\n
14. Winds are coming<\/p>\n
15. Leaves twist and turn<\/p>\n
16. Facts of feeling<\/p>\n
17. Dancing with yesterday<\/p>\n
18. What do you call home<\/p>\n
19. Did you name yourself?<\/p>\n
20. Worth the phone call<\/p>\n
21. Stories you tell<\/p>\n
22. Purple flowers of silk<\/p>\n
23. Aching with yesterday<\/p>\n
24. Who we could be<\/p>\n
25. Balance is key<\/p>\n
26. Adventure whispers<\/p>\n
27. Pruning the trees<\/p>\n
28. In the garden<\/p>\n
29. You still sing<\/p>\n
30. Comfort rewatching<\/p>\n
September Prompts by Nicoleting<\/p>\n
1. Tell me a secret<\/p>\n
2. Write about the \u201cfeeling of being so grateful to have something worth missing\u201d from happy place by Emily Henry<\/p>\n
3. Like a song and underwater<\/p>\n
4. Long live and electric touch<\/p>\n
5. Almost radiant<\/p>\n
6. Lose your mind<\/p>\n
7. Labyrinth and lost in translation<\/p>\n
8. Write a poem inspired by this line: \u201cevery story has the potential for infinite endings: from once upon a broken heart by Stephanie garber<\/p>\n
9. What we survived<\/p>\n
10. Write a poem about the things you\u2019re leaving behind<\/p>\n
11. the sound of peace<\/p>\n
12. Was it worth it<\/p>\n
13. I still want<\/p>\n
14. Sweet nothing and oblivion<\/p>\n
15. Stuck on replay<\/p>\n
16. Surrender and maelstrom<\/p>\n
17. Twin paper airplanes<\/p>\n
18. Last light of summer<\/p>\n
19. Eyes open and waiting room<\/p>\n
20. Write a poem inspired by this image: \u201cautumn leaves falling down like pieces into place\u201d from all too well tv by Taylor swift<\/p>\n
21. Red and gold and childlike<\/p>\n
22. Undeveloped film<\/p>\n
23. turn to page 30 of the nearest book and find 3-5 words that stand out – these words are your word bank or prompt<\/p>\n
24. Broken chandelier<\/p>\n
25. Fly away and white noise<\/p>\n
26. Write about the things that are left, hanging in the air like a rumor from in the dream house by carmen Maria machado<\/p>\n
27. I am thinking of you<\/p>\n
28. Was it true love<\/p>\n
29. Bitten apples and sweet and ironic<\/p>\n
30. The after taste of an escapade < Honestly I love this prompt so so so much and I can\u2019t wait to write for it.<\/p>\n
Some journal prompts to explore if needed: by memories by Meyer\u2019s<\/p>\n
1. Person you always share news with first<\/p>\n
2. Most daring person you know<\/p>\n
3. Person who is most like you<\/p>\n
4. Kindest person you know<\/p>\n
5. Most authentic person you know<\/p>\n
6. Most driven person you know<\/p>\n
7. Person you aspire to be like<\/p>\n
8. Most selfless person you know<\/p>\n
9. Most unique person you know<\/p>\n
10. Most talented person in your life<\/p>\n
11. Most confident person you know<\/p>\n
12. Person you spend the most time with at work<\/p>\n
13. Most positive person you know<\/p>\n
14. Person you call for emotional support<\/p>\n
15. Person who makes you laugh til your stomach aches<\/p>\n
16. Most prepared or organized person in your life<\/p>\n
17. Most patient person you know<\/p>\n
18. Person you miss the most<\/p>\n
19. Person you thought would still be close to you but isn\u2019t<\/p>\n
20. Person in your life with the most self discipline<\/p>\n
21. Person who makes the most delicious food<\/p>\n
22. Person who bakes the most delicious treats<\/p>\n
23. Write about your oldest friend<\/p>\n
24. Write about your newest friend<\/p>\n
25. Someone who taught you an important lesson<\/p>\n
26. Person who makes you feel the most authentically you<\/p>\n
27. Person who makes you feel valued<\/p>\n
28. Person with the greatest impact on your childhood<\/p>\n
29. Person you go to for advice and tough love<\/p>\n
30. Person who is most critical in your life<\/p>\n
BONUS: write about yourself and any of your attributes from above<\/p>\n
September poetry prompts from libbyjenner who i still have mixed feelings about but the prompts are good and they are categorized in an interesting way that might spur a chap book into actual chapters or introduce mini projects. Which would be good, I\u2019m going for words here.<\/p>\n
Water:<\/p>\n
1. Silky sheets of waves<\/p>\n
2. Concocting storms < love this on<\/p>\n
3. Breaking the surface<\/p>\n
4. Breaking free from the chains of seaweed<\/p>\n
5. Growing gills to breathe under the pressure<\/p>\n
6. I will not dilute myself<\/p>\n
7. Brushing against the waves<\/p>\n
8. What emotion have you found difficult to process recently<\/p>\n
Earth:<\/p>\n
9. nurturing the sill I\u2019m planted in<\/p>\n
10. What does your safe space feel like<\/p>\n
11. Flowers growing in the cracks<\/p>\n
12. Skeletal trees now in full bloom<\/p>\n
13. When do you feel grounded<\/p>\n
14. Returning to an old home<\/p>\n
15. I need familiarity<\/p>\n
FIRE:<\/p>\n
16. Consumed by flowering fires<\/p>\n
17. Dressing myself in flames<\/p>\n
18. Break me out of this furnace<\/p>\n
19. Seduced by sensuality<\/p>\n
20. Ashes of who I once was<\/p>\n
21. Eyes glowing like embers<\/p>\n
22. Crackling next to crackling fires<\/p>\n
23. Didn\u2019t you hear? I burned it<\/p>\n
AIR:<\/p>\n
24. Wings made of clouds<\/p>\n
25. Butterfly hues<\/p>\n
26. Birds tapping on my window<\/p>\n
27. Write about a daydream you had recently<\/p>\n
28. I am still discovering my voice<\/p>\n
29. Whispers amongst the trees<\/p>\n
30. Lullabies laced into the night sky<\/p>\n
August Prompts by Libby Jenner which again still unsure how i feel about her but we\u2019ll get through that on a separate task:<\/p>\n
1. Poetry lives in the chambers of my heart<\/p>\n
2. When writer\u2019s block won\u2019t pay rent<\/p>\n
3. Stanzas etched in the summer sky<\/p>\n
4. Bottled up sun rays<\/p>\n
5. Tinkering with my emotions<\/p>\n
6. I was not made of this<\/p>\n
7. Pearlescent strokes of moonlight<\/p>\n
8. Searching for shards of peace amongst calamity<\/p>\n
9. Documents a moment where you\u2019ve felt like your most authentic self<\/p>\n
10. This shopping list is called what a poet needs to survive<\/p>\n
11. I don\u2019t scavenge for approval it will always leave me starved<\/p>\n
12. Every time I open my drawer the contents change<\/p>\n
13. How does your poetic lense change how you perceive the world.<\/p>\n
14. If not for writing\u2026<\/p>\n
15. Stars fall at my feet, and I dust myself with their shine<\/p>\n
16. Drinking from a poisoned well<\/p>\n
17. Flowers don\u2019t grow on their own<\/p>\n
18. What plant would you be and why<\/p>\n
19. Write about a love story between the sun and the moon<\/p>\n
20. I don\u2019t want to be the acquaintance of chaos anymore<\/p>\n
21. What does writing feel like to you?<\/p>\n
22. Rose quartz earrings for self love lullabies<\/p>\n
23. Write about a childhood hobby that you want to pick up again. What memories are tied to it and how might you approach it differently at this or a future age?<\/p>\n
24. What;s something that makes you feel fiery fury<\/p>\n
25. Write about something you\u2019re missing and whether you\u2019ll be able to find it<\/p>\n
26. I just need the clouds to clear<\/p>\n
27. This bridge is a little harder to cross than I pictured<\/p>\n
28. What do you let back in even though it might go bad again?<\/p>\n
29. How do you know the world had magic?<\/p>\n
30. Letters trickle down my page like honey<\/p>\n
31. Write about a color without saying what \u00a0it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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