The poetry community lost the powerful voice of Alice Notley. She profoundly influenced so many and will be missed.
For the first prompt, create a scene of you (or a character) walking toward someone.
The second prompt is to write a poem or story using the following words: “alive,” “bare,” “shoulders,” “shell,” “ruffled,” “translucent,” “transparent,” “empties” and “air,” trying to change the usage from verb to noun or vice versa.
The third is to use the first line, “When I was alive,” as a ghostline or as your title, giving credit to the poet.
The next prompt is a writing exercise: rewrite the poem, replacing the nouns with your own. Now see if there is a line that calls out to you. If so, that line will be the first line of a poem.
For another prompt, write a list poem of the things you’ve meant to tell someone but never did.
The last prompt is to choose either poem and write a response to it, either an essay or poem.
Good luck. Write what you need to write.