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You know that Ada Limón poem where she’s like “i can’t help it i love the way men love”? my dad recently confessed to me that he became a shoemaker because they buried my grandma shoeless
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Accident Report in the Tall, Tall Weeds - Ada Limón
Flashback Friday: workshop prompt
Write a poem from the perspective of or as a newborn deity. What are your powers? What do people sacrifice in your name? Where do you rank in the pantheon? What are you most known for?
Throwback Thursday: warmup prompt
Start a poem using one of the following lines, then either delete the line or leave it in with credit. Lines taken from Joshua Nguyen’s poems “Christ-like” (watch here) and “Oxymoron” (watch here): “Bleach bombs over us brown heads.” “I admit I used to wear my rosary like a necklace only because it glowed in the dark. Was my glow not enough?” “Dear friends, without you, my heart would be sacrilege.”
Flashback Friday: workshop prompt
Write a poem about the best advice you have ever given or received. It can be one piece of advice or many pieces. How have you/others put this advice into use? Why is this advice valuable? Where did this advice some from?
Inspired by Toaster’s “Advice” (watch here) and Kevin Kantor’s “Unsolicited Advice” (watch here).
Throwback Thursday: warmup prompt
Use one of the following lines to start a poem. Then you can delete the line you used, or keep it in with credit: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” -Maya Angelou “Two wrongs don't make a right. Three rights make a left.” -Albert Hammond Jr. “I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality.” -The movie Submarine “If you're gonna try and walk on water make sure you wear your comfortable shoes.” -Alex Turner “Will I be something? Am I something? And the answer comes: You already are. You always were. And you still have time to be.” -Anis Mojgani “My heart was too big for my body, so I let it go.” -Anis Mojgani “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” -Toni Morrison “It is okay to be unapologetic as long as you do it with dignity.” -Princess Nokia “If you are silent about your pain they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” -Zora Neale Hurston
Flashback Friday: workshop prompt
Write about a joke you hate. It could be a joke someone’s made about you, or a joke you’re sick of hearing. Write about why you hate it. If applicable, discuss the damage the joke inflicts.
Inspired by Emi Mahmoud’s “How to Translate a Joke” (watch here)
Throwback Thursday: warmup prompt
Write about a time that humor performed a miracle. Do you have a joke, meme, funny show, or clip that cheers you up no matter how sad you are? Have you ever laughed with a bunch of complete strangers over something (in real life or online)?
Inspired by Emi Mahmoud’s “How to Translate a Joke” (watch here)
Flashback Friday: workshop prompt
Write a poem from the perspective of one of the elements in nature. This includes water, earth, wind, fire, wood, lightning, etc. What is their temperament? Do they age? What do they represent to society? Do they have families? Children? Lovers? How do they communicate with the world?
Alternatively: Write a poem about what an element represents to you. What is it in relation to where you’re from? In relation to your astrological sign? In relation to what clan from Avatar the Last Airbender you wish you were from?
Inspired by Ocean Vuong’s Notebook Fragments (view here)
Throwback Thursday: warmup prompt
Write a poem incorporating the following words: discovery, spilled, Orpheus, dawn, eggplant, bruised, season, ticket.
Inspired by Ocean Vuong’s Notebook Fragments (view here)
Flashback Friday: workshop prompt
Personify an animal or object and make it have a conversation with something or someone else. What needs to be said? What interesting insights are provided from this POV? Why does this conversation have to happen?
Prompt inspired by Toaster’s “Blind Date: A Letter From the Bug to the Spider” (watch here) and BNV Atlanta’s “Hot as Shells” (watch here, TW for police brutality).
Throwback Thursday: warmup prompt
Write about an important conversation you have had with yourself or with someone else. What is the conversation about? What is being said? Is it a 4 hour word journey that makes you feel cleansed after you’re done? Or it is an argument?
Prompt inspired by Toaster’s “Blind Date: A Letter From the Bug to the Spider” (watch here) and BNV Atlanta’s “Hot as Shells” (watch here, TW for police brutality).
Flashback Friday: workshop prompt
Write about a family or friend tradition that you cherish. Why is it important to you? What activities and materials are involved? Why did the tradition come to exist?
Inspired by Ariana Brown’s “Ode to Thrift Stores” (watch the poem here).
Throwback Thursday: warmup prompt
Make a list of places that you like and/or think are calming that are unusual. Pick one and write about it. Explain why you feel that way about the place and what memories you have of it. Prompt inspired by Ariana Brown’s “Ode to Thrift Stores” (watch the poem here).
Flashback Friday: workshop prompt
Write about the things that have allowed you to be here today. Remember that these can be literal objects, intangible things, positive events, and/or negative events, etc. Prompt inspired by Sam Sax’s “Miracles” (view the poem here).
Throwback Thursday: warmup prompt
Write a poem incorporating the following words (taken from Sam Sax’s “Miracles”): mathematics, impossible, trailing, disgusting, cabinet, monument, noxious, gorgeous.
View Sam Sax’s “Miracles” here.
Flashback Friday: workshop prompt
Start a poem with “Hi, my name is…” and write about yourself. What are your likes and dislikes and why? What are your hobbies and why do they interest you? What makes you unique?
Inspired by Rudy Francisco’s “My Honest Poem”. View the poem here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDa4WTZ_58M
Throwback Thursday: warmup prompt
Write your own horoscope. What good and bad things will the next month bring? What lucky items will you need and what do you need them for? You can use this (http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy-calendar-2019.html) to check celestial events for inspiration.
Inspired by Rudy Francisco’s “My Honest Poem”. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDa4WTZ_58M
