The Poetry Stash: 26June2024

Jonna by John Haines

Today’s poem is “Jonna” by John Haines from the collection The Owl In The Mask Of The Dreamer. The book is available for purchase here.

Jonna by John Haines

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “I have never seen…”
2.	Begin with “With a hand and a whisper…”
3.	Draft a poem in which the final stanza begins with the word, “But”.
4.	Draft a poem which is titled with a person’s name and describes a landscape.

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

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