Take one word – departure – that I’ve found for you.

Departure (noun)

An act of leaving.

An act of leaving to start something.

A place where you start a journey.

A deviation from the norm.

What comes to mind?

Airports. Journeys. Leaving something or someone behind. Saying goodbye. Doing something differently.

Poems about departure:

Vacation by Rita Dove

Waving Goodbye by Gerald Stern

The Journey by Mary Oliver

Where might this word take you?

Try this:

Think of a journey that was significant to you. Do you have an object that reminds you of that time or place?

Begin your writing by describing the object, picking out details as you observe them before departing into how and why it’s symbolic of that journey.

We’d love to see what you come up with, if you’d like to share.

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