POETRY PROMTS

Michael Robins

Using I Remember as a model, create your own list of ten memories, beginning each with the phrase “I remember…” Don’t overthink it. Write down any memory, big or small, that comes to mind. You have your entire life: you can offer your very first memory or the memory of reading this very prompt. Once you have ten memories, stop writing, read over your list, and choose three memories that seem most interesting to you. Of those three memories, choose one and write about that memory for ten minutes, allowing yourself to stumble down any path that presents itself: a random thought, a connected memory, an unexpected association.

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