The Poetry Stash: 17March2025

Two Poems by Adonis

Today’s poems, “A Mirror for the Twentieth Century” and “A Mirror for Clouds” by by Adonis, translated by Khaled Mattawa is from the collection Adonis, selected poems. The book is available for purchase here.

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “written inside the guts…”
2.	Begin with “This is the _____ century…”
3.	Draft a poem that contains less than 10 lines.
4.	Draft a poem that explores what a mirror is.

5. Photo by Ayush Mann via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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