The Poetry Stash: 7August2024

The Deer Lay Down Their Bones by Robinson Jeffers

Today’s poem is “The Deer Lay Down Their Bones” by Robinson Jeffers from the anthology The Ecopoetry Anthology edited by Ann Fisher-Wirth and Laura Gray-Street. The book is available for purchase here.

The Deer Lay Down Their Bones by Robinson Jeffers

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “I wish my bones…”
2.	Begin with “In the fall of the world…”
3.	Draft a poem that explores the death of a loved one.
4.	Draft a poem that has long lines that wrap down to the next line. To read more about enjambment, click here.

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

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