20/30: Paul Tran

It's persona poem day! We are reading "Like Judith Slaying Holofernes" an absolute banger of a poem. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/148383/like-judith-slaying-holofernes

Something that takes this piece to the next level is how seamlessly Paul weaves their own life into the persona's story. So pick yourself a myth or legend to assume, but don't be afraid to give brief glimpses of your own narrative within the poem. This makes the voice feel authentic and powerful.

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30/30: Cameron Awkward-Rich

Our final prompt this year comes to us from Cameron Awkward-Rich, and his iconic poem, "Meditations in an Emergency" https://www.splitthisrock.org/poetry-database/poem/meditations-in-an-emergency Ther

29/30: Kamden Hilliard

I am obsessed with the sonics of this poem. You so clearly see the musical influence, not just in the referential lines, but in how the sonics form the logic of the piece. https://poets.org/poem/ride-

28/30: Miller Oberman

Today is a gorgeous reflective poem, "Taharah." https://poets.org/poem/taharah This piece deals with the idea of the afterlife, not in terms of heaven or hell, but in terms of thelife our body has aft