I recently heard someone in a hair salon say, "Asparagus? Now, I feel that is the weirdest vegetable." I had been getting my hair washed,...

In Praise of Okra by January Gill O'Neil published in her 2009 book, Underlife (CavanKerry Press) No one believes in you like I do. I sit...

Lower East Side Brucha by Rachel Trousdale published in you are here, 2013 Blessed art thou, Lord our God, king of the universe, who...

The Reemergence Of The Noose by Patricia Smith published in Asheville Poetry Review, Volume 15, Issue 1 Some lamp sputters its dusty...

Patricia Smith mentions Randy Travis in her poem, The Reemergence of the Noose, so we will keep it going this week. Your writing...

Deathly by Rodney Jones published in his book, Imaginary Logic (2011, Houghton Miffllin) I am alone, driving through St. Louis, listening...

In her poem, posted on this very blog, Kari Gunter-Seymour describes her Appalachia, both past and present. Along with physical...

I Come From A Place So Deep Inside America It Can't Be Seen by Kari Gunter-Seymour published in her 2020 book, A Place So Deep Inside...

Iron Woman by Diane Glancy published in her 1990 book by the same name I knew I came from a different place, a story cut apart with...

Saint Francis and the Sow by Galway Kinnell The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don’t flower, for everything...

A commercial for The Green Planet on PBS, besides being visually stunning, also prompted this week's prompt. While showing video of...

Text for D.H. by Andrea Hollander published in Kosmos Journal, Autumn 2021 My friend tells me in a text that his cat has stopped eating....

Read the poem posted today on this very same blog (and many of the others) to see how wonderful poems that are pure imagination can be....

Mrs. Buddha Calls on Mrs. God by Patricia McMillen published in New Ohio Review, 2000 Tea or coffee? asks Mrs. God, hopeful for an excuse...