The Poetry Stash: 9September2024

Pastoral With Keys Clenched, As A Weapon, In My Fist by Raena Shirali

Today’s poem is “Pastoral With Keys Clenched, As A Weapon, In My Fist” by Raena Shirali from the anthology The Familiar Wild: On Dogs & Poetry. The book is available for purchase here.

Pastoral With Keys Clenched, As A Weapon, In My Fist by Raena Shirali

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “what women should…”
2.	Begin with “my survival instinct…”
3.	Draft a pastoral. To read more about pastoral poems, click here.
4.	Begin a poem with the word “how”.

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

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