The Poetry Stash: 20September2024

I Won't Write Your Obituary by Nora Cooper

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. Today’s poem is “I Won't Write Your Obituary” by Nora Cooper. To listen to the poem, click here.

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “I won’t”.
2.	Begin with “a new sky”.
3.	Draft a poem that explores suicide.
4.	Draft a poem that persuades.

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

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