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marychristinedelea
3 days ago2 min read
A Life You Might Say You Might Live by Constance Urdang
A Life You Might Say You Might Live by Constance Urdang (published in 100 Great Poems by Women , edited by Carolyn Kizer, 1995, The...
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marychristinedelea
6 days ago1 min read
Curtains, Too: Prompt
Please read Ruth Stone's poem, "Curtains." Look at the curtains in the room you are currently in, or think about some past curtains....
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marychristinedelea
6 days ago3 min read
Curtains by Ruth Stone
Curtains by Ruth Stone (published in 100 Great Poems by Women, edited by Carolyn Kizer, 1995, Ecco Press) Putting up new curtains,...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 42 min read
Jump Cabling by Linda Pastan
Jump Cabling by Linda Pastan (published in Drive, They Said , an anthology edited by Kurt Brown, published in 1994 by Milkweed...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 11 min read
Winter Mountains: Prompt
One of Anthony Hecht's image in his poem, Despair, is winter mountain. Where I live, I can see Mount Hood when I drive around town. On...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 12 min read
Despair by Anthony Hecht
Despair by Anthony Hecht (published in Selected Poems , edited by J. D. McClatchy, 2012, Alfred Knopf) Sadness. The moist grey shawls...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 272 min read
The Patience of Ordinary Things by Pat Schneider
The Patience of Ordinary Things by Pat Schneider (published in her 2019 book, From The Weight of Love , Negative Capability Press) It...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 241 min read
Choices: Prompt
Based on Carl Sandburg's poem, Window, which is posted on my blog today, you have a few choices for today's prompt. 1.) Create a piece in...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 242 min read
Window by Carl Sandburg
Window by Carl Sandburg Night from a railroad car window Is a great, dark, soft thing Broken across with slashes of light. I love to...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 203 min read
September 1, 1939 by W. H. Auden
September 1, 1939 by W.H. Auden I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 171 min read
I Wanna Hold Your Hand: Prompt
Please read today's poem on my blog: "Holding Vigil" by Alison Luterman (published on the Rattle website on November 3, 2024). Then go...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 173 min read
Holding Vigil by Alison Luterman
Holding Vigil by Alison Luterman (published in Rattle , Poets Respond, on November 3, 2024 ) My cousin asks if I can describe this...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 132 min read
Bless This School for Girls by Warsan Shire
Bless This School for Girls by Warsan Shire (published in he2022 book, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head from...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 101 min read
Another Name Game: Prompt
Think of fairly common names that are also words that are things other than names. I am thinking of--and these will show my age--Art,...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 103 min read
Rape by Adrienne Rich
Rape by Adrienne Rich There is a cop who is both prowler and father: he comes from your block, grew up with your brothers, had certain...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 61 min read
Two loves I have of comfort and despair by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 144 by William Shakespeare Two loves I have of comfort and despair, Which like two spirits do suggest me still: The better angel...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 31 min read
So Many Emotions!: Prompt
Although I am creating this post with photos of 3 pieces of art, this is not an ekphrastic exercise. Rather, I want you to consider how...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 32 min read
America by Claude McKay
America by Claude McKay Although she feeds me bread of bitterness, And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth, Stealing my breath of...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 302 min read
The Halloween Party by Aidan Mathews
The Halloween Party by Aidan Mathews (published in The Irish Times , October 29, 2022 ) I hoist a knitted skeleton on a drip-stand in...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 271 min read
Letting Go: Prompt
We all need to let go of something or someone. (Hey, "The Raven" speaker! Let go of Lenore!). It is easy to talk about, even plan, but...
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