The Poetry Stash: 22Mar2024

Why Write Love Poetry in a Burning World by Katie Farris

Today’s poem is “Why Write Love Poetry in a Burning World” by Katie Farris from the collection Standing in the Forest of Being Alive. The book is available for purchase here.

Why Write Love Poetry in a Burning World by Katie Farris

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “in the midst of hell…”
2.	Begin with “Why write…”
3.	Draft a poem that answers a question that is posed in the poem’s title.
4.	Draft a poem about the body and the world in which it exists. How are they the same; how are they different?

5. Photo by jane grn via pexels.com. Use this image as a writing prompt.

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