Prompt:

Imagine you are throwing a party. Make a list of all the people that you want to invite. Make a list of all the people that you love - the ones who have changed and shaped you. The ones who you want to spend time with, the ones who make you laugh and hold you when you cry. Who is on that list? Who shows up? Choose one person to write a poem or letter to. Tell them why they matter to you - tell them what they mean to you. Once you are done with that one, move on to the next person on your list. Send these notes away - by letter, email, text message or phone call. Spread the love with poems!

Poem 9/30 excerpt

On the day of the memorial—

I cannot decide what to wear.

Since leggings is my uniform

from the waist down. & lately

I wear only three-four shirts

because still, I am exhausted

by fashion or clothing or any

form of ornamentation at all.

But this is different. Outside