If I were an RPG character in my life, I would call myself Lollianne the Lazy. Another week of not writing, reading (except Doomscrolling), or editing others’ manuscripts…but I did see this on Twitter.

Write a persona poem from the statue’s perspective of emerging from the earth after centuries. Extra points for references of Persephone, the failed rescue of Eurydice, or any other descent into Hades or ascent from.

Bonus prompt: Write a monologue from Antinous, the lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian. After Antinous drowned in the Nile, Hadrian deified him.