The Poetry Stash: 13August2024

Poetry selections by Ikkyu from Crow with No Mouth

Today’s selections by Ikkyu are from the collection Crow with No Mouth, versions by Stephen Berg (Copper Canyon Press). The book is available for purchase here.

selections by Ikkyu from Crow with No Mouth

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “nobody told…”
2.	Begin with “the wild pines want…”
3.	Draft a poem that contains two lines.
4.	Draft a poem that contrasts images from the natural world with human characteristics or gesture. To read more about personification, click here.

5. Photo by Magda Ehlers via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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