Theme: Make It Make Sense Some things don’t add up, but we’re expected to move like they do. The more aware you become, the harder it is to ignore what feels off. Systems don’t align. People contradict themselves. Reality shifts depending on who’s telling it. Today we tap into that moment where you realize… something isn’t right. Prompt 1 – This Don’t Sound Right Write a poem about something that feels off, even if everyone else accepts it. A situation, system, or pattern that doesn’t sit right with you. (Angle: distorted normalcy) Prompt 2 – I Know What I See Write a poem about trusting your perception when everything around you says otherwise. What happens when you refuse to ignore what’s in front of you? (Angle: awareness vs denial) Prompt 3 – Ain’t Nobody Saying It Out Loud Write a poem about something obvious that people avoid naming directly. What is being ignored, softened, or danced around? (Angle: unspoken truth)

Greetings Skool mates. Thought I would offer a suggestion on a prompt since today is Wednesday, and we are still in national Poetry month. Perhaps give an offering using a W word as the prompt theme. I’m in hopes that our “Angel” is getting her “West and welaxation” in my Elmer Fudd voice 🙌🏽🙏🏽. My offering: Worship… I try to greet the day in WORSHIP and praise before I leave my bed. And definitely before I leave my bedroom. WE don’t know what the day has in store for us. We must be vigilant and more intentional about preparing ourselves. Asking for wisdom in all things in the coming moments. Because our best laid plans most assuredly will come with glitches. With the love of Christ, I bid you a blessed day, my skoolmates.

Theme: Smooth Criminal Not all theft looks like force. Some things are taken quietly. Slowly. Right in front of us. Time. Identity. Culture. Opportunity. Voice. Sometimes we don’t realize what’s gone until we feel the absence. Today we explore what was taken without a struggle and how it happened while we were fully awake. ⸻ Prompt 1 – The Criminal Was Me Write a reflective poem where you recognize a time you took something from someone else. This could be time, trust, peace, credit, or something less visible. What did you take, and what made you realize it? (Angle: self-awareness / accountability) ⸻ Prompt 2 – Stolen in Plain Sight Write a poem about something that was taken openly, yet unnoticed or unchallenged. How did it happen without resistance? (Angle: awareness vs inaction) ⸻ Prompt 3 – Silence Signed Off On It Write a poem that questions responsibility. Was it taken, given, ignored, or normalized? Who benefited and who paid the price? (Angle: complicity / accountability)

Quick update: Angel Kim is in the hospital for a few days. I’ve stepped in while she recovers so reach out to me if you need anything. Stay Zen. — Miss Lady

Theme: When Nobody’s Watching Not everything behaves the same when it’s seen. Some things perform. Some things hide. Some things only reveal their truth in the absence of attention. What happens when there is no audience, no witness, no accountability. Today we explore what exists, moves, or changes when observation disappears. ⸻ Prompt 1 – When the Lights Go Out Write a poem about what something becomes when it is no longer being watched. This could be a person, a system, a place, or even an idea. What changes when the performance ends? (Angle: transformation in absence of observation) ⸻ Prompt 2 – The Things That Only Move in Silence Write a poem about something that operates best when unnoticed. This could be power, manipulation, growth, decay, or truth. What thrives in the dark? (Angle: hidden movement) ⸻ Prompt 3 – Even Walls Talk When Nobody’s Listening Write a poem from the perspective of something that witnesses everything but is never acknowledged. A room, a street, a mirror, a camera, a planet. What has it seen that no one else admits? (Angle: nonhuman perspective / observer)