“Choose a photograph or painting and use this as the starting point for a poem: you can either try to describe the image, or use it as the departure for an imagined narrative, or trace the associations the image triggers in you.”

Happy, happy,
Smiley Ball.
Laughing, laughing,
Smiley Ball.
Bouncing, bouncing,
Smiley Ball.
Stopped, stopped,
Smiley Ball.
Shelved, shelved,
Smiley Ball.
Again, again,
Smiley Ball.
Many, many,
Smiley Ball.
Dusty, dusty,
Smiley Ball.
Grandpa’s, Grandpa’s,
Smiley Ball.
Smile, smile,
Smiley Ball.
Wait, wait,
Smiley Ball.
Visit, visit,
Smiley Ball.
Happy, happy,
Smiley Ball.
Play, play,
Smiley Ball.
Laughing, laughing,
Smiley Ball.
Bouncing, bouncing,
Smiley Ball.
Again, again,
Smiley Ball.
Happy, happy,
Smiley Ball.
Laughing, laughing,
Smiley Ball.
Bouncing, bouncing,
Smiley Ball.
Stopped, stopped,
Smiley Ball.
Shelved, shelved,
Smiley Ball.
Used, used,
Smiley Ball.
Dusty, dusty,
Smiley Ball.
Grandpa’s, Grandpa’s,
Smiley Ball.
Later, later,
Smiley Ball.
Death, death,
Smiley Ball.
Wake, wake,
Smiley Ball.
Sad, sad,
Smiley Ball.
Angry, angry,
Smiley Ball.
Cry, cry,
Smiley Ball.
Grandpa’s, Grandpa’s,
Smiley Ball.
Mine, mine,
Smiley Ball.
Home, home,
Smiley Ball.
Shelved, shelved,
Smiley Ball.
Dusty, dusty,
Smiley Ball.
Mocking, mocking,
Smiley Ball.
Smiley Ball, smile no more.
It hurts when you smile,
Please Smiley Ball, smile no more.