The Poetry Stash: 12September2024

Letter From My Wife by Nazim Hikmet

Today’s poem is “Letter From My Wife” by Nazim Hikmet, translated by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk from the collection Poems of Nazim Hikmet. The book is available for purchase here.

Letter From My Wife by Nazim Hikmet

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “I want to die before …”
2.	Begin with “if one day a wild flower…”
3.	Draft a poem in response to a letter.
4.	Draft a poem that includes humor to explore death.

5. Photo by Anna Tarazevich via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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