Inspiration for Prose or Poem

April is National Poetry Month! Celebrate! Write! Create! Share! In the photo, from left to right are Langston Hughes, Robert Hayden, Emily Dickinson, and Beah Richards.

April is National Poetry Month! Celebrate! Write! Create! Share! In the photo, from left to right are Langston Hughes, Robert Hayden, Emily Dickinson, and Beah Richards.

You Are Magic

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Your story needs to be told because _________________.

Inspiration

Today and everyday, you have permission to be magical.

Lists

  • What are your natural skills and talents? What’s your magic? What are the ingredients?

  • Since you have the power to manifest your desires, would you use your power to manifest your desires? Would you use the earth, air, water, or fire? Why?

  • If you could transform anything in your life, what would it be?

  • How does your magic appear in your life? What does it look like?Feel like? Sound like? Taste like? Smell like?

  • What do you feel called to create?

If you choose, review the following source material for further inspiration.

  • As Above So (Lyrics) - Anthony David

  • “Moon Journeys” and “Alternations of Moon Journeys” from Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo, by Ntozake Shange

Prompt

Write about your magic potion for what you are called to create or what you want to transform. Share with Heather Byrd on https://www.byrdsworld.com.

HEATHER “BYRD” ROBERTS APRIL 15, 2021


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