PSH Prompts |
I am from Berkeley PSH I am from Berkeley, California From a town in the east bay I am from the thousand oaks neighborhood And the Berkeley hills I am from a garden Whose fruit trees bloom I am from a university city Filled with radical ideas I am from my father and mother I am from a German family And a Cherokee family And from a dysfunctional family From the 196os I am from an atheist family I am of Scandinavian and Jewish ancestry From a southern family Growing up in southern food Including grits and southern greens From a mother who did not suffer fools gladly And from a father Who was a crusader for justice I am from those moments in time The 60s in Berkeley Forever shaping me __________ April 14, 2023: poetry writing prompt from Julie Standing This poetry writing prompt submitted by Julie Standing: This prompt is a favorite and is often used to show students that we are all poets if I train our minds to think like one. I became aware of it during a Zoom workshop when I was blown away by someone’s poem. And then searched the format on the internet with the result that the poem I created was the poem used to end my recent poetry collection and one of my favorite poems. This poem template is inspired by george Ella Lyon’s “Where I’m From” poem. If you write a poem from this prompt, post it as a comment underneath the prompt in the poetry super highway Facebook group. #napowrimo #poetry April 13, 2023: poetry writing prompt from Joan Lotta |