The Poetry Stash: 07May2024

Shemá by Primo Levi

Today’s poem is “Shemá” by Primo Levi, translated by Ruth Feldman and Brian Swann, from the anthology, Against Forgetting, Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness, edited by Carolyn Forché. The book is available for purchase here.

Shemá by Primo Levi

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “in your warm houses…”
2.	Begin with “Who dies at a yes or a no…”
3.	Draft a poem that re-interprets or rewrites a prayer.
4.	Draft a poem that is a curse.

5. Photo by Taryn Elliott via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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