The Poetry Stash: 26February2025

Queens of the Universe by Sonia Sanchez

In celebration of Black History, today’s poem is “Queens of the Universe” by Sonia Sanchez. To listen and read this poem, click here.

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “there are some roles we can discard.”
2.	Begin with “You all hear me?
3.	Draft a poem that explores identity.
4.	Draft a list poem that uses a variety of punctuation such as question marks, parenthesis, exclamation marks and quotation marks.

5. Photo by Steez Visualz via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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