The Poetry Stash: 19December2024

How It Is With Us, And How It Is With Them by Mary Oliver

Today’s poem, “How It Is With Us, And How It Is With Them” by Mary Oliver, is from the collection Dog Songs (Penguin Books). The book is available for purchase here.

How It Is With Us, And How It Is With Them by Mary Oliver

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “How it is with us…”
2.	Begin with “all over the place…”
3.	Draft a poem that compares/contrasts human behavior with something non-human.
4.	Draft a poem about an animal, plant or mineral.

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

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