Welcome to The Daily Aftershock Writing Prompt—a daily invitation to write from the edges of aftermath, memory, rupture, and repair.
Each day, you'll receive a short, charged prompt designed to crack something open. There are no rules, only resonance. Use these however you need: to begin a poem, to open your diary, to find your voice again.
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Start each line or sentence with a day, and let that day give or take something from you. Let the week unfold like a story, a mood swing, a recovery, a reckoning. You can stay literal or lean abstract.
For example, begin with:
Easter Monday gave me an extra weekend,
Tuesday gave me work,
Wednesday gave me silence,
Thursday gave me doubt,
Friday gave me a glimpse of freedom,
Saturday gave me a mouthful of sky,
Sunday gave me nothing I asked for…
just what I needed.
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