Monday, September 16, 2019

Out of Standard: Gimme (fallout) shelter





Greetings Garden Dwellers!

It's time for the Out of Standard, where you'll dig into the farthest reaches of your imagination to create something unexpected. 

Gimme (fallout) shelter
To level set, a fallout shelter is a building or other structure designed to protect people from radioactive fallout after a nuclear explosion. Here in the states, they were quite popular in the 50's-60's during our cold war with Russia. 

For this prompt, imagine you are living alone in a fallout shelter.  Write a poem that encompasses you daily routine. 

While this seems pretty specific, there is lots of room for you to play. A few considerations:

  • Why are you living in the shelter? Has there been a disaster, or are you just paranoid? 
  • How big is your shelter?  Did you build a huge, underground facility with plenty of space or did you dig a small hole in your backyard?
  • What sort of things have you taken care to stock? Do you have a room full of nutrient-rich canned goods, or did you decide to stock Twinkies and cakes?
  • What sort of routines have you decided to skip now that it is just you?

That's it. The platform is yours. The mic is warm.

Keep in mind
Like every challenge, your poem must by newly written and not one which you have previously written which conveniently fits the theme.



So go now, my muddy buddies, and bring us back something shiny and new.


10 comments:

Fireblossom said...

Dancing with tears in my eyes...

Jim said...

Nice prompt. Izzie. My mood wasn't optimistic, to say the least.
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Sherry Blue Sky said...

Mine wasn't either, Jim.

Helen said...

Struggling with positive or negative or humorous or ghastly response to the challenge.

brudberg said...

I have to say this was a dark prompt... it's late, but I will return and read tomorrow.

Kim M. Russell said...

I'm just back from looking after my grandson and feeling a bit low - we had a great time and I didn't want to come home. Your dark prompt suits my mood this morning, even though the sun has started to shine. I'm interested to see what everyone else has made of it!

Kerry O'Connor said...

Such an inspiring challenge, Izy.

Margaret said...

Thought I couldn't write to this (I often think that when you post a challenge! ) Thanks for getting me out of my comfort zone... :)

robkistner said...

Late to the party, but here is my “out-of-this-world” take on a fallout shelter.

Kerry O'Connor said...

My contribution is post-fallout, I'm afraid but even if it gets no reads, I had fun writing it. Thanks, Izy.