This month’s theme is Letters, so it feels apt to have a tea date with Erin Murphy’s What Did You Do Last Week?.
Near the end of the poem (number five in her list), this line appears:
“I wrote this poem.”
It’s not clear, nor does it need to be, who Murphy is writing this poem for. The poem is not addressed to anyone in particular. But that doesn’t stop you from writing your poem as if it’s to someone in particular. Grandma. Sister. Friend. Old boss. Whoever!
Your Pour
Get your favorite steep (or brew) and join us in writing a letter poem that utilizes the list technique Murphy uses in her poem. In your letter poem, communicate what you did last week, as Murphy does. Of course, you can take some liberties to tie things all together. Who will you write your letter poem to?
(Note: Not all list poems actually number their lists. Murphy’s does. Which is rather fun!)
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