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Poems + Prompts #7

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Abby Rasminsky
Oct 27, 2022
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Well, hello! And welcome to Poems + Prompts. I’m so happy you’re here to do a little reading and writing. (Yes, banner says People + Bodies; alas: technical issues.)

This week we are reading a poem by Ellen Bass. Oh, I love this one. It has what I recently learned is a “trap door” title—you’ll see why—that drops you right into the piece itself. This is such a visceral piece of writing, so full of the body—some version of it, mired by grief—and all it has to shoulder. Read it slowly through a few times, then give yourself some time to write.

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