The Poetry Stash: 06May2024

Designed for initiation by Erin Coughlin Hollowell

Today’s poem is “Designed for initiation” by Erin Coughlin Hollowell from the collection Corvus and Crater (Salmon Poetry). The book is available for purchase here.

Designed for initiation by Erin Coughlin Hollowell

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “in the freezing air…”
2.	Begin with “rattling…”
3.	Draft a poem with a pre-determined number of syllables. For example, each poem in this collection has 54 syllables.
4.	Draft a poem that contains images from the natural world.

5. Photo by mali maeder via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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