My Own Home
Chima “Naira” Ikoro
January 21, 2022
In this workshop, we’re exploring what makes our physical places of rest feel like home, and imagining how we can bring that same feeling of love, peace and celebration to our bodies and minds.
Source Material:
- Free Mind by Tems
- homage to my hips by Lucille Clifton
Prewriting: Make a list of things, people, or practices that have made your house (or any place you feel safe) feel like a home.
Prompt: Imagine your mind and body as a house and describe how you will decorate, celebrate, and care for self so you can feel like your own home.
(If you write a poem and want an opportunity to have your work shared online and in a print news publication, I’ve posted a similar prompt on South Side Weekly!)
Chima “Naira” Ikoro
Chima “Naira” Ikoro (she/they) is an interdisciplinary writer, a student of the Young Chicago Authors’ space since 2014, and a Louder Than A Bomb alum. With poetry as her first language, she took fifth place at the Women of The World Poetry slam in 2020. Currently, she is the Community Organizing section editor at South Side Weekly, and the co-founder of a mutual aid organization, Blck Rising.