Today's prompt asks you to write a verse from an ancient or far future spiritual text. Special thanks to Shakeema & Morley for some incredible prompts this month and thank you for following! Happy National Poetry Month! @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social

Today's prompt asks you to write a list poem about what we are releasing in order to bring this new world into existence. Shout to @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social for another amazing prompt. Happy National Poetry Month! @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social

Today's prompt asks you to write a mirror poem exploring a gender identity, whether named, unnamed, or personal to you. Describe ways that it is expressed in daily life, including body language, clothing and adornments, experiences, and beliefs. @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social

Today's prompt asks you to write a poem inspired by a Steampunk invention. Happy National Poetry Month! @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social

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Today's prompt asks you to write a poem that asks AI about its true purpose. Be sure to add its response in your poem. Shout out to @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social for this amazing prompt! Happy National Poetry Month! @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social

Today's prompt asks you to write a solar punk poem set in a greenhouse or workshop. Happy National Poetry Month! @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social

Today's prompt asks you to write a poem inspired by an interdimensional sunrise or sunset. Happy National Poetry Month! @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social

"The wonderful writer & organizer @harshawalia.bsky.social asks a question that is foundational to my abolitionist praxis: “Is what we’re doing increasing the possibility of freedom?” I would add to that the possibility of freedom and liberation for everyone..." 🫂

In It for the Long Haul: Increasing the Possibility of Freedom and Liberation for All

Cierra Kaler-Jones interviews Mariame Kaba, organizer, educator, archivist, curator, and author of We Do This ’Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice.

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Today's prompt asks you to write a poem inspired by a speculative hair salon or barbershop. Happy National Poetry Month! @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social

Today's prompt asks you to write a poem inspired by a sentient robot or its creator. Happy National Poetry Month! @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social

Today's prompt asks you write a poem inspired by a book or library from the far future or recent past. Happy National Poetry Month!

Today's prompt asks you to write a poem inspired by or set in a futuristic tattoo parlor. Happy National Poetry Month!

Today's prompt asks you to write a poem inspired by shape-shifting. If you'd like, try using the Skinny form. Happy National Poetry Month!

Today's prompt asks you to write an elegy for a Conjure Woman, Root Doctor, or Medicine Man. Happy National Poetry Month

Write a poem based on an urban legend unique to your location. You may invent an urban legend if needed. Happy National Poetry Month!

Today's prompt asks you to write a poem inspired by eco-horror. Happy National Poetry Month!

Today's prompt asks you to write an ekphrastic poem inspired by speculative art. Happy National Poetry Month @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social

Today's prompt takes us to the sea. Write a list poem about the items on a mermaid's grocery list. Happy National Poetry Month @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social

For today's prompt, write a spell, prayer, or chant. As always, lean into the speculative. Call on the ethereal, the spectral, & the illusory. Happy National Poetry Month! @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social

Today's prompt asks you to write a poem about a speculative quest. Who is your central character? Who are their sidekicks? Where are they headed? What are they after? Happy National Poetry Month! @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social

Whether it's flowers that hold electricity in their petals or schools of fish illuminated by iridescent stars, let your imagination carry you. Shout out to @morleyxoxo for another beautiful prompt. @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social

Day Two What's on the menu at a feast on Jupiter? Who's invited? Who are your servers? What is the restaurant's decor? Invent your own foods. Create a new star system. Let your imagination soar. Happy National Poetry Month!

Stay Tuned for a new Speculative Poetry Prompt each day at noon EDT! @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social

It's such an honor to simply be nominated! Congrats to the other nominees!

FIYAH Literary Magazine@fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · last yr.

In the mix once again!!! Your fave SFF mag is back in the running for the Hugo Awards 🔥🔥🔥 Pardon us while we cartwheel around the station 🤸🏿 Congrats to all the finalists! @thedeadlands.com @escapepod.org @khoreo.bsky.social @strangehorizons.bsky.social @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

Self, Celebrity, and My Awkward Meeting with Angie Stone open.substack.com/pub/bsharise...

Self, Celebrity, and My Awkward Meeting with Angie Stone

I’ve lowkey wanted to be famous since I was a kid.

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Can't believe it's just two months until release for Keynan Masters and the Remixed Monster! The follow up to my debut fantasy MG promises to deal with that cliffhanger that made folks so mad 🤣 Preorders are everything, please like and share! 🙏🏾🙏🏾 www.harpercollins.com/products/key...

Keynan Masters and the Remixed Monster

Return to Peerless Academy in this sequel to Keynan Masters and the Peerless Magic Crew, perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky and Am...

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if you're looking for GFMs to donate to the working-class people of historic Altadena who lost their homes, this is for a Latino family with deep roots in the community - a kind couple who welcomed me into their home with open arms in the past. Their total loss included German's workspace & tools.

giant bag of mostly water ♿️@alabunmiamj.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here is the gfm for 2 of my godsiblings whose home burned in the Eaton fire. Please share widely and donate as you are able. www.gofundme.com/f/rebuilding...

my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged. "Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?

Black Sci-Fi Writer Octavia Butler Predicted The Dystopia of the LA Fires By Studying History

This week, her hometown of Pasadena has seen at least 5 killed, and 5 schools burned to ash.

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