Prompt:

Consider your origin. Who are your people? Where do they come from? What history do they hold? Write a poem using three names of the people who raised you up. Include the foods and sayings and locations and histories that make you who you are. What songs and television shows belong in this poem? What stories deserve shine? Write them down.

Poem 4/30 excerpt

Laughing

Careening

Wheeling

Steering

Hoofing

from slide

to monkey bars

jumping

from swing

to swing.

Heavy breath

beneath

their masks.

I can see

all their eyes

fire up.

Imagine

their smiles

last & last.