The Poetry Stash: 21June2024

Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) by Anne Sexton

Today’s poem is “Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty)” by Anne Sexton from the collection Transformations. [Please note that this poem addresses topics including child abuse and incest.] The book is available for purchase here.

Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) by Anne Sexton

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “Consider a girl…”
2.	Begin with “Rank as honeysuckle…”
3.	Draft a poem that re-writes a fairytale.
4.	Draft a poem that explores trauma.

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

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