I Am From ...

Podcast: Hope-Full Living · Various Authors

Opublikowano: 2026-10-02

My daughter assigns her college-level poetry students this icebreaker on the first day of class: Write a free-verse poem, each part beginning with “I am from ….” Recall the street you grew up on — the music, smells, foods. Recall people, activities, expressions. Try it! It’s interesting what appears in the mind’s eye: “I am from a street paved with cinders and tar that softened in summer and captured our footprints.” “I am from orange-colored corduroy pants.” How have those little puzzle pieces of your life led to the hope and future God planned for you? The joyful...