The Poetry Stash: 28April2025

when you finally make it by Alex Averbuch

Today’s poem is “when you finally make it” by Alex Averbuch, translated by Oksana Maksymchuk from the anthology In The Hours Of War, Poetry from Ukraine, edited by Carolyn Forche and Ilya Kaminsky. The book is available for purchase here.

when you finally make it by Alex Averbuch

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “when you finally make it…”
2.	Begin with “the last sharp voice…”
3.	Draft a poem that explores a memory of something that is lost, broken or no longer exists.
4.	Draft a poem that includes a gesture.

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

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