The Poetry Stash: 9December2024

Avoiding News by the River by W.S. Merwin

Today’s poem, “Avoiding News by the River” by W.S. Merwin, is from the anthology The Gift of Tongues, edited by Sam Hamill. The book is available for purchase here.

Avoiding News by the River by W.S. Merwin

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “eating the earth…”
2.	Begin with “If I were not human…”
3.	Draft a poem that has no punctuation.
4.	Draft a poem that explores shame.

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

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