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Since Nine O'Clock by C.P. Cavafy
Since Nine O’Clock by Constantine P. Cavafy Half past twelve. Time has gone by quickly since nine o'clock when I lit the lamp and sat...

marychristinedelea
Jun 29, 20221 min read
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Second Person: Poetry Prompt
Read Catherine Klatzker's award-winning poem in today's other blog post. Then, write a poem in second person. Although you should write...

marychristinedelea
Jun 26, 20221 min read
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What It Was Like by Catherine Klatzker
What It Was Like by Catherine Klatzker published in Split This Rock 2016, 2nd Prize in their Abortion Rights Poetry Contest The world...

marychristinedelea
Jun 26, 20222 min read
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The Tool Shed by Kasey Jueds
The Tool Shed by Kasey Jueds published in Superstition Review How can I explain the way I kept coming back—to that box of trapped shadows...

marychristinedelea
Jun 22, 20222 min read
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The Heat Is On: Poetry Prompt
With climate change making our weather less hospitable and a heat wave roasting much of the planet, heat is on my mind. And it is the...

marychristinedelea
Jun 19, 20221 min read
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Four Definitions For the Use of Time by Carolyn Moore
Four Definitions For the Use of Time by Carolyn Moore published in Cider Press Review 1 Your book club neighbor chats across the fence of...

marychristinedelea
Jun 19, 20221 min read
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Moths & Origami Children by Ojo Taiye
Moths & Origami Children by Ojo Taiye published in Whale Road Review, Winter 2018 i taste my mother’s sickness in my mouth & analyze the...

marychristinedelea
Jun 15, 20221 min read
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Master of Disaster: Poetry Prompt
Disasters happen daily, but unless they are especially horrific, international, or deadly, we might not hear about them. In our online...

marychristinedelea
Jun 12, 20221 min read
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The Man-Moth by Elizabeth Bishop
The Man Moth by Elizabeth Bishop published in The Complete Poems, 1926-1979 Man-Moth: Newspaper misprint for “mammoth.” Here, above,...

marychristinedelea
Jun 12, 20222 min read
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The Empty Pool by Sue Ellen Thompson
The Empty Pool by Sue Ellen Thompson published in The Summerset Review, Spring 2010 This is the place where my sisters and I lay all...

marychristinedelea
Jun 8, 20221 min read
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Who Do You Love?: Poetry Prompt
Today's poem on my blog is called "Love Poem," but it is not a Hallmark card sentiment. No cliche images of hearts, no angsty desires...

marychristinedelea
Jun 5, 20221 min read
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Love Poem by Margot Wizansky
Love Powm by Margot Wizansky published in Poetry East, 2004 All winter you contract-- one tiller, one boat, one bay, one light that shows...

marychristinedelea
Jun 5, 20221 min read
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Good Fences by Dana Sonnenschein
Good Fences Wolf Conservation Center, NY by Dana Sonnenschein published in Kosmos Journal Something there is that doesn’t love a wall—...

marychristinedelea
Jun 1, 20221 min read
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