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GREAT ACE CLUB FEATURE: DROWNED IN MILK TEA
Happy new year fellow ace book lovers!
We are gonna start the new year off right with a delightful poetry collection by an equally delightful person, Anne Chivon.
You may have caught this book as a newsletter freebie, or can sign up to catch new freebies here. If you need a copy of the book this month you can get it in paperback or ebook over here.
This book is a little different, as there are prompts before each poem and the pages are not numbered. Our reading schedule is below:
- January 1-8: The first 7 poems
- January 9-15: The next 5 poems
- January 16-22: The next 5 poems
- January 23-31: The last 6 poems
Feel free to go at your own pace, but I’m going to start the discussion questions off today!
Prompt: Write something that disappears
-Have you ever wanted to disappear rather than facing something unpleasant?
-How are disappearing and escaping different? How can disappearing be a form of escape?
-What situations are appropriate or even good to disappear from?
Prompt: Write a timeline
-Do you know anyone that has stuck around in your subconscious longer than they did in person? Are you willing to tell us about them?
-How can an unhealthy relationship feel like holding your breath? Why might you still feel like you’re exhaling even after it’s over?
Prompt: Write something that repeats
-What does the word “again” mean to you? What does it mean in the sense of a relationship? Of getting over someone?
-How can unhealthy or abusive relationships fall into a repeating pattern?
-How does the line spacing in this poem contribute to the theme of the poem?
Prompt: Write about a first
-How does this poem also utilize the theme of “again” to make its point?
-Do you think a relationship can stay as good as it was in the beginning? Have you experienced that?
-How does this poem also use the theme of the cyclical nature of abuse and unhealthy relationships?
-Is there anything you think is just as good as the first time you experienced it?
Prompt: Write about something forgotten
-Do you have things you can never quite remember? Whether it’s tastes or smells or memories?
-Have you ever been in a relationship that was incompatible?
-How can strong happy emotions turn into strong bitter emotions?
Share your favorite poems and quotes from this week!
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Great Ace Club Feature: Drowned In Milk Tea
Happy new year fellow ace book lovers!
We are gonna start the new year off right with a delightful poetry collection by an equally delightful person, Anne Chivon.
You may have caught this book as a newsletter freebie, or can sign up to catch new freebies here. If you need a copy of the book this month you can get it in paperback or ebook over here.
This book is a little different, as there are prompts before each poem and the pages are not numbered. Our reading schedule is below:
- January 1-8: The first 7 poems
- January 9-15: The next 5 poems
- January 16-22: The next 5 poems
- January 23-31: The last 6 poems
Feel free to go at your own pace, but I’m going to start the second week of discussion questions off today!
Prompt: Write about dressing up
-Have you ever dressed up for someone else? Have you dressed up for yourself? How does it make you feel?
-How can makeup be used as a metaphor for something false or just pretty on the outside?
-What do butterfly kisses evoke for you?
Prompt: Write about something red
-What does the color red mean to you? What kinds of emotions does it evoke?
-How does the poem make you feel? Have you ever felt like that before? Has a person ever made you feel that way?
-Once again, makeup is being used as a metaphor. What does it represent in this poem? What is being covered or hidden?
Prompt: Write a “crystallizing” moment
-How does a relationship ending or an unhealthy relationship feel like rock bottom? How could it be crushed between your teeth?
-Why would someone want to travel to get away? How can it be an escape?
-Have you ever wanted to escape a situation or relationship? What moment led to that?
Prompt: Write about the future
-Have you ever had a relationship that left you feeling like nothing? That left you feeling empty? Have you wanted to bite back against those feelings?
-How can you feel stronger after surviving a difficult situation? Do you think that can cause you to grow as a person and learn?
Prompt: Write about dishes piling up
-How can ending a relationship feel like wasted time?
-Do you ever look back on a relationship and remember the good, even if it ended badly?
-How do new relationships feel full of hope, and how can that hope and excitement change as time goes by?
-How are certain chores never ending? How can that be comparable to a relationship?
Share your favorite poems and quotes from this week in the comments!
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