Writing the Land II w/Liz Howard

Liz shared a poem of her own called “A Wake,” from her award-winning collection Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent.

Writing Exercise

1.Think about a time when you had an experience of wonder, awe, or curiosity (i.e., fog rolling in looking like smoke off of lake Superior). Something that gave you pause, made you question or reflect. Something breathtaking or quizzical/strange.

2.Tie that experience to a particular location, landscape. If possible bring the psychological experience of awe/questioning into the poem.

3.Choose a line or image to repeat at least once.

4.Spend 15 minutes writing reflectively using these prompts.