April is one of my favourite months of the year. In Australia, April represents a cooler change in the weather (hopefully!), as well as moments of pause and reflection for Anzac Day and Easter. I look forward to spending more time in my garden instead of hiding inside trying to escape the heat, as well as a few days writing and reading in my grandmother’s cottage on the south coast.
I’m aware that for some, Anzac Day and Easter may not be particularly important times for you, apart from a day or two off work. However, perhaps there are other commemorations, celebrations or otherwise significant days for you to reflect on.
What does this time of year mean for you?
This month, I’ve still collated a series of one-word prompts, but this time, I’m grouping them together into 4 weekly installments.
Feel free to use one prompt each day, as in previous months, or one each week, or use each set of weekly words together as a single prompt.
I hope that the prompts are open-ended enough that you can interpret and use them in relation to whatever project you’re working on, whether that be fiction, non-fiction, poetry or family history – or simply as a 7-minute warm up to get your fingers moving across the page. You may even wish to experiment with representing the words (and associated meaning) in creative forms other than words.
Week 1
perspective
birthday
seventy-six
pause
map
leaves
“Two roads diverged … and …” (Robert Frost)
Week 2
branch
nest
lamp light
water
chest
dig
moonlight
Week 3
again
before
unresolved
memory
future
despair
“Hope is a thing with … ” (Emily Dickinson)
Week 4
peace
wound
border
sacrifice
myth
grief
commemoration
Over to You
Just begin!
And if any of the prompts spark a piece of writing, please let me know!
