1. Prose
"When you write in prose, you cook the rice. When you write poetry, you turn rice into rice wine. Cooked rice doesn't change its shape, but rice wine changes both in quality and shape. Cooked rice makes one full so one can live out one's life span wine, on the other hand, makes one drunk, makes the sad happy, and the happy sad. Its effect is sublimely beyond explanation." - Wu Qiao

2. Prose Poem Poetry can reveal a deeper story
Poetry does not have to have rhyme
Poetry uses action to move the story along and build conflict and tension
Think of it not as a short short story but a poem written in prose
“The Gift I Never Got” by Vincent Draper

3. Prose Memories
Recall an incident from your past that filled you with sadness
Recall an incident in which you felt betrayed
Recall an incident that ended in great disappointment
Recall an incident in which you felt humiliated
Recall an incident in which you felt love for someone
Recall an incident that was joyful

4. Prose Poem- Free Choice Option
Choose one of the memories you thought and wrote about
Write down what you recall of the memory
Other side of your brain: Write down a “film replay of what you remember”
Create the prose poem