Look back at the lines you wrote for the You Try It page in this lesson. (You should have

saved these lines, along with a poem, in a word processing document.) Choose a line from your
(the line, As winter ends we care blessed by the smell of flowers)
collection that seems related to endings—this line will be the beginning of a poem about an

ending.

B. Decide what ending you will describe, and write it in the space below. (It could be the end of

a specific time period, such as a month, season, or year. Or it could be the end of an

experience, feeling, relationship, or stage of life.)

C. Generate more lines or sentences for your poem using the prompts below.

Write your sentences in the spaces below.

Write several sentences that describe the

ending using specific, precise nouns and verbs

to create vivid images.

Write two sentences that compare the ending

to something more concrete.

Describe what happens at the very end, such as

what remains or what must happen now.