Laura

Theme this month: Think of a smell that you evokes strong memories for you (the garbage of the seafood restaurant you lived above in Chicago, the smell of sunshine on your cat's belly, peanut butter tins left melting in the sun, the hemp-Chapstick breath of your high

Dear Planetos, The theme is "teach in." Bring in a five minute presentation on an art or craft you know well and demonstrate how it is done. Along with the demonstration, bring in something you've made that illustrates your craft. For instance, write a sonnet about

"Where we're going, we won't need roads." Doc from Back to the Future eases Marty Mcfly's mind in this scene, reassuring him with this comment that the DeLorean will land safely because there are no roads. From The Cantebury Tales to Kerouac,

The theme is distraction: This month make something out of what distracts you. Turn your texts into performance art, paint your daydreams, turn your to-do list into a poem, write a love song to your inner critical voices, write a play based on something you found on reddit, or

The prompt this January is Ekphrasis: Respond to a piece of art in a genre you do not work in. Make a painting of a Cure Song, bake a cake based on Anais Nin's erotica, write a song responding to Edward Gorrey's drawings, write a poem

The theme is Wanderlust: write about a place you have never been as if it is your beloved. Use the words cataract, drift, and silly putty. Wanderlust: A strong desire to travel; an orgasm caused by a rolly-bag; a metamorphosis of psyche caused by changing locations; a runaway train