The Poetry Stash: 18June2025

At The Wall, US/Mexican Border, Texas, 2020 by Paola Gonzalez & Karla Gutierrez

Today’s selection is a poetry slam performance “At The Wall, US/Mexican Border, Texas, 2020” by Paola Gonzalez & Karla Gutierrez. To listen to the selection, click here.

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “a nation without a wall is…”
2.	Begin with “getting everything…”
3.	Draft a poem in response to government policy.
4.	Draft a poem that pushes back against stereotype and myth.

5. Photo by Ali Alcántara via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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