I worked for chaff, and earning wheat
Was haughty and betrayed.
What right had fields to arbitrate
In matters ratified?I tasted wheat,—and hated chaff,
~Emily Dickinson
And thanked the ample friend;
Wisdom is more becoming viewed
At distance than at hand.
I’m in the thick of NaNoWriMo, so how about another writing prompt?
In the first stanza of this poem, the speaker gets more than what she asked for, and reacts badly. What does your character want most? What happens when they are in a position to actually get what they want? Of course the trials and privations in which writers like to place their characters help to reveal those characters’ personalities–but sometimes, getting exactly what we want reveals other things about us. How does someone react to sudden fortune, wealth, status, privilege? What does this say about them?
The Emily Project 