With climate change making our weather less hospitable and a heat wave roasting much of the planet, heat is on my mind. And it is the focus of this week's writing prompt.
Write about heat in any of its forms/meanings; below are some suggestions to get you started.
heat, as in passion
Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago by Eric Klinenberg
heat and some of its slant and near rhymes: heart, hear, hare, head, heaven, heavy, heal,
heap, heath, heave, health, hearse
"Heat Wave" by Martha and the Vandellas
heat up food
body temperature
hot flash
spicy food
hot, as in something stolen
the heat is on--pressure (and the Glenn Frey song)
hot on the trail
a race or one component of certain sporting events
slang for police or gun
hot, as in sexy
to get overly excited
hot pink
an animal being in heat
idioms: in a hot minute; if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen; in the heat of
the moment; turn up the heat; hot and bothered; hot potato; a hot mess; blows hot
and cold; full of hot air; hot off the press; hot spot
