The Poetry Stash: 8January2025

Digging by Seamus Heaney

Today’s poem is “Digging” by Seamus Heaney. To listen to Heaney recite the poem, click here. To read the poem, click here.

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “Under my window…”
2.	Begin with “Digging…”
3.	Draft a poem that explores work.
4.	Draft a poem that describes a childhood memory of watching a parent doing a daily task.

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

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