The Poetry Stash: 6August2024

Instead of Depression by Andrea Gibson

Today’s poem is “Instead of Depression” by Andrea Gibson from the collection You Better Be Lightning. The book is available for purchase here.

Instead of Depression by Andrea Gibson

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “you will be nurtured…”
2.	Begin with “Name your hopelessness…”
3.	Draft a poem in which you re-define a word.
4.	Draft a poem in which the title is the poem’s first line.

5. Photo by Cup of Couple via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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