The Poetry Stash: 24October2024

Selection from Baltics by Tomas Tranströmer

Today’s poem is a selection by Tomas Tranströmer from the collection Baltics (östersjöar), translated from the Swedish by Samuel Charters. The book is available for purchase here.

Selection from Baltics by Tomas Tranströmer

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “It was before the time of…”
2.	Begin with “the feeling of we’re-right-here…”
3.	Draft a poem exploring your grandparents’ experiences. If you don’t know, create an experience for them.
4.	Draft a poem that includes a catalogue of items, listing their specific names.

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

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