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Missing Local Teenagers Found Submerged in Fredericksburg Canal by Sarah Ebba Hansen

Missing Local Teenagers Found Submerged in Fredericksburg Canal by Sarah Ebba Hansen published in Ponder Review, Spring 2019, Volume 3,...

I Love My Body: Poetry Prompt

This week's prompt takes its cue from today's poem, Judith H. Montgomery's "Breastbone Ode." Write a poem that celebrates a body part,...

Breastbone Ode by Judith H. Montgomery

published in Cumberland River Review, Issue 7-1, January 2018 Breastbone Ode by Judith H. Montgomery Think gladiolus: not the loud flower...

Bike Ride with Older Boys by Laura Kasischke

published on The Writer's Almanac page, October 1, 2005 Bike Ride with Older Boys by Laura Kasischke The one I didn't go on. I was...

The Gift of Positivity: Poetry Prompt

In the poem I posted today, William Stafford wrote: "Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you...

You Reading This, Be Ready by William Stafford

Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? What scent of old wood hovers, what softened...

I Miss Everyone At Once But Most of All-- by beyza ozer

published in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Volume 5, Issue 5 I Miss Everyone At Once But Most Of All-- by beyza ozer name a mistake & i’ll...

What Moss Says by Penelope Scambly Schott

published in River and South, May 2018 What Moss Says by Penelope Scambly Schott There's enough moss to go around is what I say to...

Start with a Fact: Poetry Prompt

Choose one of the facts below and use it to jumpstart a poem. 1.) Only 6 people attended the funeral of Thomas Paine 2.) Oregon grows 99%...