Resistance, Weeks 16 & 17
Relief
The past two weeks contained welcome moments of relief. Irma dialed back her winds when she hit the US mainland. The North Korean missile wasn’t aimed at Guam. The London Underground bomb didn’t kill anyone. Trump is making bipartisan noises. Yet each glimpse of sunshine feels like a sucker hole, a lull between storm bands. And, as always, there are so many — including, now, the inhabitants of the eastern Atlantic — desperate for relief.
Which brings us to this installment’s RP Poetry Prompt: Relief.
Create your submission as a reply below or as an independent piece. Be sure to tag it “Resistance Poetry.”
It’s hard to believe Hurricane Irma was still a Category 3 in the mid-Atlantic on 9/3/17 when RP sent our “Water” prompt out on the waves. Initially inspired by the flooding in Houston and Southeast Asia, as the days rolled by, submissions shifted with consciousness of the next mega-storm. Following are the responses by Patsy Starke, Sheryl Martin, Terijo, Ré Harris, Dennett, Zev, and Meg
But there were other issues on poets minds: equal treatment, courage, DACA, history, communication and understanding, even Medium’s graphics.
