The Poetry Stash: 26May2025

A Light Store in the Bowery by Christian Wiman

Today’s poem is “A Light Store in the Bowery” by Christian Wiman from the collection, Survival Is A Style, poems (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). The book is available for purchase here.

A Light Store in the Bowery by Christian Wiman

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “some love is like…”
2.	Begin with “Where do they keep the dark?”
3.	Draft a poem the describes a store or market.
4.	Draft a poem that concludes with a question.

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

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