# Talicha J. Poetry

# The FreeWrite: Week 46 Prompt

### me, me, me

**Hi Friends!**

I don’t know about you all, but I’m tired. But I’m here! May this week’s prompt find you well ♡  
**This week’s prompt:** **I feel most** _**me**_ **when…**  
I have been saying things like, “Who am I?” or “That’s not like me”, more often. Something about the state of the world, both the larger world outside of myself and the smaller one inside myself, has had me off kilter. I’m doing things in ways I don’t normally. I am feeling less and less like the version of myself I have come to know. Maybe that’s growth. Maybe that’s a blockage. Whatever it is, I find myself being called to figure out what still feels like _me_. What grounds me? What can I count on about myself? This week, I think it may do us all a bit of good to sit with this. Do the things we used to do still suit us? Where do we feel most comfortable? With whom? Are our beliefs still the same? How often do we feel like ourselves? When are we our most full selves? Go where the words take you, as usual, friends.

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If you need a reminder of how The FreeWrite works, you can check out the full details [here](https://open.substack.com/pub/talichaj/p/the-freewrite?r=11vp11&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false), but the short version is this:

→ You free write—whatever that looks like for you.  
→ Then drop a link to your writing in the comments of this post so we can read and celebrate each other’s work by commenting.  
No pressure to be polished. Just show up. That’s the magic.

**Happy free writing friends!**

**About me:**  
[Talicha J.](https://www.instagram.com/talichajpoetry) is a Black queer poet, teaching artist, and Pushcart Prize and Best of Net nominee. She was a 2024 Collaborating Fellow at The Poetry Lab. Her debut collection, _[Falling in Love with Picking Myself Up](https://talichajpoetry.com/shop/p/falling-in-love-with-picking-myself-up)_ (2015), led to a national tour and helped grow her presence as a poet. She is currently an Assistant Managing Editor with Fahmidan Journal.  
In June 2024, she released her chapbook, _[Taking Back the Body](https://talichajpoetry.com/shop/p/taking-back-the-body)_, which won the Beyond the Veil Press chapbook contest. She is a Co-Founder of [Campfire Creatives](http://instagram.com/campfirecreate), curates online generative workshops, and hosts a monthly publication submission space. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming with _Torch Literary Arts_, _Peach Fuzz_, _Lucky Jefferson_, _Just Femme and Dandy_, _Button Poetry_, and more.

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