Personal Symbol Development

Develop a personal symbol that recurs across your poems.

Proposed symbol: {{symbol}}
Meaning it carries: {{meaning}}
Experiences it connects to: {{experiences}}

Symbol development:

1. **Origin:** Where does this symbol come from in your life?
2. **Associations:** What clusters around it?
3. **Variations:** How can it appear differently?
4. **Range:** What emotions can it carry?
5. **Limits:** What is it NOT suited for?

Draft 3 short poems that use the symbol:
- In each, the symbol appears differently
- Each poem exists independently
- Together they build a symbolic vocabulary

Reflect on how recurring symbols create a poetic identity.