The Poetry Stash: 4June2025

Watermark by Joseph Brodsky

Today’s selection is an excerpt from Watermark by Joseph Brodsky. To read the selection, click here. The book is available for purchase here.

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “the water was bound to reflect it.”
2.	Begin with “the only direction it has is sideways.”
3.	Draft a poem that explores a town.
4.	Write about being lost.

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

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