September 1st, wished my best friend “happy birthday” this morning after initially forgetting
He said thank you after chuckling
Currently sitting at my white bean-shaped desk. At work, learning for the sake of learning.
Something I didn’t really do back then.
Strict, Vietnamese, Catholic mother.
She’s not like that anymore, but maybe because she doesn’t have to be.
The fact that I am taking this class now, maybe it worked?
People work around me – talking taxes, crunching numbers.
I feel guilty, not guilty. We all make up the time.
“Born to multiply
Born to gaze into night skies
All you want’s one more Saturday”
-The Shins, Australia
Prompt:
from a workshop with Ada Limon:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ada-limon
ingredients
- Describe where you are right now.
- Add an object you see.
- Mention a friend and something they said.
- Add a natural element-bird, tree, etc.
- Say something you need.
- Repeat a word 2-3 times.
- Add a line of a song you love.
- Apologize for something.
- Tell us the day or date or time-or all 3.
- Tell us something you’re scared of.
- Tell us something you love.
instructions:
try to combine 3-5 or all if you’d like….
or stay with one prompt “ingredients”
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whatever order you’d like