Poetry Writing Prompt

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Alright, time to write a modern prose poem. Was assigned this in a creative writing class and the results were pretty cool/interesting. Here's the assignment. Read Ron Silliman's poem "Albany", about his time as a boy/young man in Albany, CA (next to Berkeley) during the 1960's. Here's the link:

https://m.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/albany

Now write an Albany of your own in the same style as Silliman. Title it the name of whatever town or city you grew up in or spent a significant amount of time in. Since we are on 4chan, for the sake of readability, let's try yo keep it to half a page single spaced on Word.

Note Silliman's use of hyper-specific, concrete imagery mixed with musings, political observations and coloquial phrases. Use the same blocky prose format. Best of luck. Look forward to seeing your poems and learning more about you all and how you see the world.