Writing Through Absence: The Art of Crafting Poems of What Never Was

Select one or more items from your list of imagined memories. Now, write a poem that focuses entirely on what didn’t happen, where you never went, or who you never met. Use a structure inspired by Andrew Waterhouse’s Not an Ending, layering a sequence of denials that hint at an unspoken emotional reality beneath the surface.

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