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Poetry Prompts #13

These prompts are from a Zoom workshop I did some time in 2020. And they’re still happening! Including this Thursday, 8PM US CST. Register here.

Read Nate Marshall’s poem “Finna” the titular poem from his collection

• List 5 times you could have given up 

• List 5 times you did give up

• Write a poem about one or all of them

Read José Olivarez’s “Ode to Cheese Fries” from his book Citizen Illegal

• List 10 things you love that you maybe shouldn’t

• Pick one and write an ode to it