Today’s poem is “There Are Days When You Don’t Know What To Say” by Tara Ballard from the collection House of the Night Watch. The book is available for purchase here.
There Are Days When You Don't Know What To Say by Tara Ballard
Prompts:
1. Begin with “When you read the local news…” 2. Begin with “the immediate need is…” 3. Draft a poem containing anaphora in which every line begins with the same word. To learn more about anaphora, click here. 4. Draft a poem which is structured with 2-line couplets.
5. Photo by Sameeh Karram via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.
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