The Poetry Stash: 18November2024

ALARUM by Amanda Gorman

Today’s poem is “ALARUM” by Amanda Gorman from the collection Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman. The book is available for purchase here.

ALARUM by Amanda Gorman

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “We’re writing as…”
2.	Begin with “colossal & blossomed”
3.	Draft a poem in which the lines are broken up by slashes or another symbol.
4.	Draft a poem that is a call to action, an alarm.

5. Photo by Berk Aktas via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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