I work a lot of freelance roles, most of which involve running theatre and creative writing workshops with children/teenagers/young folk. Sometimes I get a chance to do the exercises alongside them.
The prompt was this: To the Goddess of Botany, which is the title of a Charlotte Smith poem.
Here’s my poem. It was written in about 15 minutes, and hasn’t been edited at all.
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