Today’s poem is “The Pain Scale” by Nicole Callihan from the collection This Strange Garment. The book is available for purchase here.
The Pain Scale by Nicole Callihan
Prompts:
1. Begin with “what’s the difference…” 2. Begin with “in the early days/of the pandemic…” 3. Draft a poem that explores the body. 4. Draft a poem that is prompted by a type of scale or measurement.
5. Photo by Aleksandar Pasaric via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.
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