At last! Three weeks into the year of making things, I encountered a storytelling assignment. “Write a ten-word love story,” prompts Noah Scalin in 365: A Daily Creativity Journal. I seized the opportunity to write a poem—a daily discipline I’m missing, even though I’m enjoying this year’s more visual approach to creativity.

The bonus assignment was an illustration …

Properly arranged,
words can change
contrary hearts.
Poetic. And smart.