I thought I'd post the exercise here, too, in case it would be more widely useful.
Justice Poem Prompts
Fill in the blanks, make new blanks, and see what happens.
What does justice look like?
--The elders say, “Our children need ___________________________.”
--The prophet calls upon the legislator and says, “Do _________________________.”
--The flocks say, “Give us ___________________________________.”
--The angel Gabriel gives us these instructions: “_____________________________.”
A different approach; fill in these blanks and then in the next section, fill in those blanks:
Detail of shift from one season to another ________________________________
Type of noise ________________________________________
Element of nature _____________________________________________
Type of emotion _________________________________________________
Favorite flower __________________________________________________
Something very tiny ________________________________________________
Floor or wall covering ______________________________________________
Something nourishing ________________________________________________
Favorite fruit __________________________________________________________
Element of self-care ______________________________________________
Something that oozes _____________________________________________
Favorite treat ________________________________________________________
Something that turns _______________________________________________
Something that grinds ___________________________________________________
Now let’s move to the next section and see what happens:
--A commitment to justice helps us offer __________________________________.
--We yearn for the day when justice covers the earth like ______________________________.
--We are crushed into bits smaller than _____________________ by injustice.
--Truth rolls down through the valley like ________________________________________.
--When I work for justice, it’s as if ________________________________________________.
--I first felt the move to justice as __________________________________ ripening.
--Evildoers cover their rotten foundations with _____________________________.
--We burn with __________________________________for truth and justice.
--Injustice grinds us like a giant ____________________________________________.
--The____________________________ of justice turns slowly, but the turning does occur.
--The ___________________________of justice has found fertile soil in my heart.
--_________________________grows in the garden of justice.
One last question which may prompt poems:
Is the pomegranate of justice different than the pineapple of justice?