30 days of prompts: day 15

& round-up

Happy Monday!

Here’s what I have for you today:

• The prompt

• Housekeeping

• Tweets

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Day 15: Prompt

Write a poem about (or including) anger.

Here are some examples:

• Suspending Disbelief While Brown, Part II, Hossannah Asuncion

• A Reason to be Angry, Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson

• ars poetica, Aldrin Valdez

• On Anger, Rage Hezekiah

• I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies, June Jordan

• Sidewalk Rage, Pamela Sneed

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Housekeeping:

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Tweets:

Erin Somers @SomersErin

Thinking about how my sister’s college friend was nicknamed “Burgers” cause one time he talked about grilling burgers too enthusiastically. You have to be careful

Owl! at the Library 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze

MARY SHELLEY: inspired by Lord Byron, I’ve written a story BYRON: I’m flattered! MARY: it’s about the world’s dumbest monster BYRON: MARY: hideous, illiterate monster

ELENA💤 @elenaxlugo

Went to my brothers graduation and saw a little girl taking pictures of her dad who had just graduated too. It was JUST them two. I was crying she was so proud of him 🥺

Chris Love @LegallyLove

More and more, I’m realizing the “it’s pro-choice, not pro-abortion” people aren not on our side. We aren’t even in the same stratosphere. It’s giving “back in my day, women knew how to be ashamed of sex.”

Respectful Memes @RespectfulMemes

Despy Boutris @itsdbouts

taking a break from poetry so i can focus on my social media ❤️

Despy Boutris @itsdbouts

who wants to hear abt everyone who’s broken my heart. it’s mostly just the editors of small presses

Despy Boutris @itsdbouts

parks and rec revival where they let ann be a lesbian

Iris✨ @iris_frs

Presented with no further comment

le whorela @aromatasemebro

the hollow cis "so happy for you" vs the hearty dyke "love this for you"

kass @kassianeckles

“take a look at my girlfriend, she’s the only one i got / not much of a girlfriend, i never seem to get a lot” is such an insane thing to say

manufactured heaven @k8bushofficial

jade calls her fingers “bald” when she doesn’t have acrylics on

alyssa corinne smith @_alyssacsmith

academia is hilarious bc it’s like who needs HR when you can have a council of elders w material investment in the status quo who also can’t be fired

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See you tomorrow—

-DB

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