What if one day science progresses to the point where men will be able to carry fertilized eggs and give birth?

You are one of the first men who choose to do this. What are your thoughts as you incubate a child within? Will you be known as a mother or a father — or by some new term? How will this change the relationship of a man to his child and to his partner? How do you feel about this idea?

Write about someone who has made a big difference in your life.

After reading his soaring poetry, you are encouraged by the great American poet Walt Whitman to write a ”song” of yourself to celebrate all that is special about you, about your life and the things that make you special. What are some of the lines in your song or poet of yourself?

A SHOCKING TRUE REPORT FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL March 22, 2014: ”Kabul, Afghanistan: The four men sat down for dinner, ordered juice and then excused themselves to the bathroom. There, they extracted tiny pistols from the soles of their shoes, and, after returning to the restaurant of Kabul’s most luxurious hotel, started shooting patrons point-blank.” Soon after, nine guests and the four attackers were dead and several injured.

Later, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and also in recent days carried out a series of assaults aimed at disrupting the presidential elections in April.

Imagine you are trying to enter the minds of these killers. What is going on in their heads — what are they thinking or believing? Why do they do what they do? How can they live with themselves when they take other people’s lives?

You are free to write whatever you wish. We’re just trying to understand how some people can do such terrible things. What do you think? Share with us.