The Poetry Stash: 08May2024

hey mama let's start over by Jill Khoury

Today’s poem is “hey mama let's start over” by Jill Khoury from the collection earthwork. The book is available for purchase here.

hey mama let's start over by Jill Khoury

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “be the prize…”
2.	Begin with “be the whim…”
3.	Draft a poem that is structured in two columns and can be read either horizontally or vertically.
4.	Draft a poem in which every other line repeats the same first word. For example, in this poem, each alternating line begins either “I’ll be” or “You be”.

5. Photo by nicollazzi xiong via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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