POEM STARTER
Awakening
Write a poem about an awakening - it could be literal or metaphorical.
Queer and Definitely Questioning
When my dad went to parent back to school night,
The students were told to make a map for which teachers their parents should visit.
And in the principal’s speech, he said he could tell which parents had
Daughters
__
And which had
Sons
Based on the colors, the labels, the symbols.
And when my dad came home,
He said he had looked at mine
And it was a
mix
of
both.
I didn’t think twice about it when it happened. But now that story’s got my head spinning with a million different colors. And I’m looking at all those flags, Trying to figure out which one feels right.