Prompt: Make a list of the most memorable events in your life. Work from that list to start a poem about one of those events.
- Moving to college for the first time
- Visiting home for the first time after leaving for college
- Moving childhood homes/schools
- My parents deciding to separate
- Uncle’s/ my first dog passes away
On the floor of my childhood bedroom
lies a pair of beaten-up sneakers
their laces shredded
and soles worn through
they are the witness of my past
vehicle to child-like adventure
and carrier of memories
They no longer serve this position
as years have passed
longing for an owner
of whom they no longer fit
