The Poetry Stash: 10December2024

Genocide, Again by Kwame Dawes

Today’s poem, “Genocide, Again” by Kwame Dawes, is from the anthology The Ecopoetry Anthology (Trinity University Press). The book is available for purchase here.

Genocide, Again by Kwame Dawes

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “to wake in…”
2.	Begin with “God’s/word smells like…”
3.	Draft a poem that explores genocide.
4.	Draft a poem that compares/contrasts events that occur locally to those occurring globally.

5. Photo by Victor Moragriega  via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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