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Five Things Plus a Tree: Poetry Prompt

Updated: Oct 18, 2023

We are going to use today's poem, "Open your almonds slowly," by Jessica Brown for today's prompt.


Tree: Choose a tree that produces food humans eat (Brown spoke of almonds still hanging on the tree).


Two things: Choose two verbs Brown used in her poem. Feel free to change the tense.


Two things: Choose two nouns found in "Open your almonds slowly."


One thing: "But my body doesn't know how to/Absorb this beauty" is from the poem. In your poem, express something that your body does not know how to do.








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