The Poetry Stash: 14November2024

Boy Dies, Girlfriend Gets His Heart by Patricia Smith

Today’s poem is “Boy Dies, Girlfriend Gets His Heart” by Patricia Smith from the collection Teahouse of the Almighty. The book is available for purchase here.

Boy Dies, Girlfriend Gets His Heart by Patricia Smith

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “the head romances us”
2.	Begin with “out of me”
3.	Draft a series of poems in response to a news article.
4.	Draft a poem that explores what heaven is.

5. Photo by Allec Gomes via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

Thanks for reading PoetryStash Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the Poetry Stash community.