HUGGING THE ROCK by Susan Taylor Brown is another great book written in poetic form. I loved the book, which cam out... 2008? ... but after reading it, I read the author's remarks and acknowledgements and found out that while she wrote this as though her mother left, it was really her father that left. She said it was very healing for her to do this after someone suggested it. She said by doing this she was able to get to know the man that she never knew.
This might be something that you want to try with one of your ancestors. In my Ancestor / Memoir writing group there are 3 of us that are doing something like that but not in poetic form. We lovingly refer to it as 'channeling' our ancestors and have written conversations with them. I think we could also try doing this through the vignette free verse style that is used in most of these fictional works.
Just a thought...
I have ordered a couple of new books written in verse. I could check them out of the library if the library was open, but due to COVID-19 that's not a possibility today!
Keep your distance and write!
Maybe you can journal your feelings through this thing... in poetic verse!
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