The Poetry Stash: 23May2024

We Lived Happily during the War by Ilya Kaminsky

Today’s poem is “We Lived Happily during the War” by Ilya Kaminsky from the collection Deaf Republic. The book is available for purchase here.

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “And when they bombed…”
2.	Begin with “forgive us…”
3.	Draft a poem that explores politics.
4.	Draft a poem that repeats more than one word several times.

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

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