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At the Holocaust Museum by Alice Friman
At the Holocaust Museum December 1999 by Alice Friman Like Dante, we too are led down. The elevator that swooped us up and spewed us out,...

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Mar 29, 20232 min read
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In Praise of the Insects that Remain Hidden in the Grass by J. Estanislao Lopez
In Praise of the Insects that Remain Hidden in the Grass by J. Estanislao Lopez published in LEON Literary Review, Issue #18: Poetry,...

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Mar 26, 20231 min read
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I Don't Mean to Brag, But . . . : Writing Prompt
Trying to discern whether or not someone is a narcissist has become a favorite preoccupation for many Americans since 2018 (or...

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Mar 26, 20232 min read
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Greta by Marjorie Power
Greta by Marjorie Power —after hearing Greta Thunberg’s speech at the U.N., 9/23/19 She’s a lungful of cold clean air in a foul-smelling...

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Mar 22, 20231 min read
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True Love: Writing Prompt
This week's writing prompt is in two stages, and you need to promise (promise!) that you will complete Part I before looking ahead to...

marychristinedelea
Mar 19, 20232 min read
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True Love by Robert Penn Warren
True Love by Robert Penn Warren In silence the heart raves.It utters words Meaningless, that never had A meaning. I was ten, skinny,...

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Mar 19, 20231 min read
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Quarantine by Eavan Boland
Quarantine by Eavan Boland published in her 2001 book, Code In the worst hour of the worst season of the worst year of a whole people a...

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Mar 15, 20231 min read
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Imagine YOUR Neighbor: Writing Prompt
I don't always pull my prompts from the poem I posted, but when I do, it is a fairly blatant prompt. For this week's writing, imagine...

marychristinedelea
Mar 12, 20231 min read
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Imagining My Neighbor by Loretta Diane Walker
Imagining My Neighbor by Loretta Diane Walker published on Poem-a-Day, April 08, 2022, by the Academy of American Poets Now that night...

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Mar 12, 20231 min read
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Sonnet to the Fifty-One Senators Who Voted Against the Women’s Health Protection Act by Joanne Durha
Sonnet to the Fifty-One Senators Who Voted Against the Women’s Health Protection Act by Joanne Durham published in Plum Tree Tavern,...

marychristinedelea
Mar 8, 20231 min read
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The Ghazal: Writing Prompt
If you are using this week's prompt to write a prose piece (or create visual art) or form poetry does not excite you at this point in...

marychristinedelea
Mar 5, 20232 min read
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Even the Rain by Agha Shahid Ali
Even the Rain by Agha Shahid Ali from his book Call Me Ishmael Tonight (Norton, 2003) What will suffice for a true-love knot? Even the...

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Mar 5, 20231 min read
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What I Learned by R. Erica Doyle
What I learned by R. Erica Doyle published in The Rumpus, April 22, 2022 Why was there even An axe in the house there were thorns to...

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Mar 1, 20231 min read
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