The Poetry Stash: 2June2025

Diapers for My Father by Alice Friman

Today’s poem, “Diapers for My Father” by Alice Friman, is from the anthology, When She Named Fire, An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women, edited by Andrea Hollander Budy. The book is available for purchase here.

Diapers for My Father by Alice Friman

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “her eyes soak up everything.”
2.	Begin with “hiding in the garden where it all began”.
3.	Draft a poem that is prompted by a Shakespearean play.
4.	Draft a poem that explores a difficult task that you are doing for someone else.

5. Photo by Nothing Ahead via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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