The Poetry Stash: 26April2024

East: West by Majda Gama

Today’s poem is “East: West” by Majda Gama from the collection The Call of Paradise. The book is available for purchase here.

East: West by Majda Gama

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “I carry…”
2.	Begin with “In the 1980s, I inhaled…”
3.	Draft a poem that compares/contrasts places where you have lived.
4.	Draft a ghazal. To learn more about the ghazal form, click here.

5. Photo by Edgar Okioga via pexels.com. Use image as a writing prompt.

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