“You Should Speak More”

a poem and a rebuttal

Instead of asking an introvert to speak up more to some extrovert standard of communication, loudness and taking up space

perhaps reflect on whether you should begin listening instead of interrupting, shouting over and shoving aside introverts when they were.

Inspired by Chase Anderson’s tweet:

Tagging Sarah Paris | Emily Wilcox | Spyder | Kim McKinney | Deepshikha Bhagat | Noorain Hassan, BMS | Deepshikha Bhagat | Krupesh Raikar | Suntonu Bhadra| Em Hoccane | Sherry McGuinn | Punch Drunk Cola | Jade-Ceres Violet D. Munoz | Kele Mogotsi | Angela Farley | if you’re up to it and anyone else interested in today’s prompt: introversion.

❓❓❓ How to join: ❓❓❓

✍ Write a poem based on the prompt above ✍ You’re welcome to submit it The Brain is a Noodle (link below!), self-publish or submit to any other publication you’d like. If you choose to do one of the last two, be sure to tag me (@ / ramyeonjpg) so I can be sure to read and tweet your piece too! ✍ Tag your 5–10 writer friends to join in on the fun! Or, simply “tag all”. ✍ Be sure to include the link to the original prompt so others can join in on the fun!

Submit a poem? / Submit a prompt?

Hi I’m Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) and I’m tired of being interrupted all the damn time and being told that I don’t speak enough by some other’s timeline. Ps, get an irregular and definitely not daily, weekly or monthly dose of random shower thoughts?

Hop down the rabbit hole? 🐰🕳

^ by Kasun Ranasinghe