Pain and Place: Poetry Prompt

In her poem, posted on this very blog, Kari Gunter-Seymour describes her Appalachia, both past and present.

Along with physical descriptions (white oaks, rye grass, moonlight, feathers, etc.), there are personal details--a confession of sorts--and even angel bones. The mix of these details creates the poem's feeling of out-of-reach yearning.

See if you can manage that combination in a poem you write this week. No matter where you grew up, you know things about that place that outsiders do not...