As the title of her latest book, suddenly we, demonstrates, and as Dr. Ford explores in her essay examining its use of the communal voice, Evie Shockley’s work is invested in plural vocality that holds both the individual and community in a blended chorus. This prompt invites you to write a poem that inhabits the tensions and possibilities of the “We.” From what choirs do you sing? What solos, harmonies, or cacophonies emerge?

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