The Poetry Stash: 25April 2024

from Citizen, An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Today’s poem is from Citizen, An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine. The book is available for purchase here.

from Citizen, An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “She said what?...”
2.	Begin with “Do you remember when you sighed?...”
3.	Draft a poem that explores the effects of racism on the individual, on American society.
4.	Draft a prose poem that includes conversations with the self. To learn more about the prose poem structure, click here.

5. Photo by Polina Tankilevitch via pexels.com. Use images as a writing prompt.

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