One and Two Minute Challenges
At our last Kalliope meeting of the year, we played a game. Two people stood at the front of the room and were given a one-word prompt. They then had either one minute to write a poem based on that, or two minutes to draw something based on it. We had a lot of fun! The following works are what we came up with during that challenge
Challenge #1: Money
the papers pass from hand to hand—
bridging the gap between rich and poor—
leaving behind a vile green stain
that everybody seems to ignore.
those few who notice still indulge,
falling victim that which they abhor.
all they can do is spread the word:
there’s nothing worse than wanting more.
Silver
Jingle
In my pocket
Careful not to drop it
If I lose
I cannot choose
For money buys me happiness
Challenge #2: Corner
He spent his life living in corners
Three points of a hat defined him
Bow, he said, and they did
Until another came and and defamed him
And then he was sent to the coroner
Hiding in the corner
Away from the room
You can't help but watch and judge
And imagine what's going on in everyone else's mind
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In your corner you can be yourself
No one else can see
Protected on three sides
And on the fourth
That's where you project your facade
Challenge #3: Thirst
i thirst for attention
i want to drown in support
i want to drink in the knowledge that i am loved
i want the glass to be more than half empty
People have a thirst for things
Money
fame
academic validation
But we should just relax
Because we all die in the end
Everything is meaningless when we are doomed for the grave
Challenge #4: Robot
Bereft of Heart
And left by brain
-I ignore my endless sorrow
To serve the love
And to worship the pain
-I am left without rapture -
People think robots are from the future
their stiff and strict bodies and functions only something made up
but we are robots too
and we have code i. or minds
and we repeat the same 0s 1s 0s 1s 0s 1s every single day
but we have one more thing than robots
And that is our organic masks