Questions & Things
C. Lofty Bolling
February 18, 2022
In this workshop we will observe and recognize the things around us while asking the necessary questions.
Source Material:
- “alternate names for black boys” by Danez Smith:
- “If You Are Over Staying Woke” by Morgan Parker
Prompt #1: Write a poem including a list of 10 things around you. The first line can be, “I am surrounded by…”
Prompt #1: Write a poem asking 12 questions about whatever is around you. Remember these questions don’t have to have answers.
C. Lofty Bolling
C.Lofty Bolling (they/them) is a black, queer, and southern poet who has recently relocated to Chicago in 2021 and have been writing poetry regularly since middle school, self publishing since their senior year of high school. Through their poetry they explore notions of identity formations, the quantum imagination, history, ontology and voodoo practices.
They have 6 self published works titled, Lofty (2019), The Aquarius’ Aquarium (2019), Blue and Orange (2020), Unloc’d (2021), Black Atlanteans (2021) and The Master’s House (2021) and additional individual poems published through Lupercalia Press, and Rigorous Press.