MoaCTaQ Prompts #2

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We just completed our Zoom workshop and it went swimmingly. Here’re the prompts we discussed (All Abdurraqib, all the time):

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Read “How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This” and “How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This” and “How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This” by Hanif Abdurraqib

• List ten things the unkind/unhelpful voices inside you say

• Pick one and write a poem about it

Read/Watch “Watching A Fight At The New Haven Dog Park” by Hanif Abdurraqib

• List ten fights you’ve watched

• Pick one and write a poem about it

and bonus content: I was just on Chicago’s NPR affiliate discussing Bell Bowl Prairie, an ancient prairie in Rockford, Illinois that me and a lot of people are trying to save. Listen here. 

xoxo,

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