I’ll have spotty access to the internet, so I’m writing several posts in advance. I would not want to leave you, dear reader, with an empty blog!

For today, I bring you an E-Prime writing assignment. Write a poem without the verb “to be.”

To make it more interesting, include the name of one architectural detail and (in honor of Annie Dillard’s Tinker Creek) one slightly uncommon insect.

If you are brave, post your result in the comments section and let us see what you created.