HOME 1: write a poem about or set on a real street in your hometown (or avenue, road, lane, drive, alley, highway, cul-de-sac, etc… you get the point.) please try to mention the ‘street’ in either the title or the poem itself, in some way.

HOME 2: write a poem about a family member. this doesn’t have to be sweet.

HOME 3: write a poem about anything that feels like home to you. this can be a song, a person, an activity, or anything else that evokes a sense of belonging.

AWAY 1: write a poem about (one of) your favourite place(s)/ways to escape when you were a child. this can span from a playground, to an imaginary friend, to a country you vacationed..

AWAY 2: write a poem about an unfamiliar place you once found ourself at, without any prior planning or intention.

AWAY 3: write a poem about a time you had to go away — a time you had to leave something (or someone) behind.

COHESION 1: write a poem in any fixed structure. be as strict as you can! it’s a fun challenge. (e.g.: petrarchan sonnet, shakespearean sonnet, haiku, acrostic, limerick, ghazal, villanelle, sestina, pantoum). this DOES NOT include thematic structures (e.g.: elegy, ode, ballad, epistolary, pastoral). please include the fixed structure you chose in the description of your submission!

COHESION 2: write a poem about order, systems, institutions, organisation, or instruction.

COHESION 3: write a poem about a time you had to put something or someone (back) together.

CHAOS 1: write a free verse poem. no rhyme scheme allowed! (occasional rhymes are fine, just no set patterns).

CHAOS 2: submit a notes app poem. one you wrote in a moment of inner chaos; the type that catches you off-guard when you’re just looking for your grocery list.

CHAOS 3: write a poem about a time you destroyed something in your life. how did the act of destruction make you feel? what incited it? what was the aftermath?