The Poetry Stash: 19Feb2024

#204 by Emily Dickinson

Today’s poem is #209 by Emily Dickinson from The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson. The book is available for purchase here.

#204 by Emily Dickinson

A slash of Blue—
A sweep of Gray—
Some scarlet patches on the way,
Compose an Evening Sky—
A little purple—slipped between—
Some Ruby Trousers hurried on—
A Wave of Gold—
A Bank of Day—
This just makes out the Morning Sky.

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “A slash of…”
2.	Begin with “Compose an evening…”
3.	Create a riddle, describing an object or event with only colors.
4.	Synesthesia is a literary device when one sense is defined as another. Imagine: what does blue taste like? What does gray sound like? What is the fragrance of scarlet? Write a draft in which colors have a taste, texture, aroma, or sound.
5.	Draft a 9-line poem that describes an event.

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