The Poetry Stash: 10September2024

Pacific Herring by Kim Heacox

Today’s poem is “Pacific Herring” by Kim Heacox from the anthology Cascadia Field Guide. The book is available for purchase here.

Pacific Herring by Kim Heacox

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “In a world worn down…”
2.	Begin with “And we, watchers and harvesters…”
3.	Draft a poem about an animal or plant native to where you live.
4.	Draft a poem in which the pronoun “it” is repeated several times.

5. Photo by Joel Alencar via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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