 Hey, we've been here before! "Things to do around Seattle" and "Things to do Around a Ship at Sea" both by Gary Snyder, were a hit six months ago when we first looked at his poems as a prompt. This time around, we take a different spin on it by utilizing the real and the imagined in writing about the things to do around _____. First Mentor PoemHear Chris Martin read "Things to Do in Hell" here  Chris Martin, "Things to Do in Hell." Copyright © 2019 by Chris Martin. Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/149081/things-to-do-in-hell Poem Prompt #1:Imagine yourself in an abstract place, a frame of mind, in a piece of music, a favorite place in a novel, wherever . . . and write about the things to do there. Write this poem for 10 minutes. Ready? Go! Second Mentor Poem Ted Berrigan, “Things to Do in New York (City)” from The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan. 2005 Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55276/things-to-do-in-new-york-city Poem Prompt #2Pick a real, tangible, specific place and explore all the things to do there – physical and metaphysical. Real and imagined. Write this poem for 12 minutes. Ready? Write!
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