The Poetry Stash: 4December2024

A Love For Winged Things by Victor-Marie Hugo

Today’s poem, “A Love For Winged Things” by Victor-Marie Hugo, is in the public domain.

A Love For Winged Things by Victor-Marie Hugo

[XXXVII., April 12, 1840.]

    My love flowed e'er for things with wings.
    When boy I sought for forest fowl,
    And caged them in rude rushes' mesh,
    And fed them with my breakfast roll;
    So that, though fragile were the door,
    They rarely fled, and even then
    Would flutter back at faintest call!

    Man-grown, I charm for men.

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “I sought for…”
2.	Begin with “rushes’ mesh…”
3.	Draft a poem exploring something that is beloved.
4.	Draft a poem exploring a childhood memory.

5. Photo by Sai Krishna via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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