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Beautiful Beginnings: Writing Prompt
NEW BEGINNINGS ARE OFTEN DISGUISED AS PAINFUL ENDINGS--LAO TZU Although it has officially been spring for weeks, it has only felt like...

marychristinedelea
Apr 30, 20232 min read
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End of April by Phillis Levin
End of April by Phillis Levin published in Poetry 180, edited by Billy Collins (and posted here) Under a cherry tree I found a robin’s...

marychristinedelea
Apr 30, 20231 min read
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Lower Mathematics by Judy Brackett
Lower Mathematics by Judy Brackett published in Commonweal Magazine, January 2021 The little boy shouts "To infinity and beyond!" and...

marychristinedelea
Apr 26, 20231 min read
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Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white,...

marychristinedelea
Apr 23, 20231 min read
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Shakespeare's Birthday: Writing Prompt
Was William Shakespeare actually born in April 23, 1564? We don't really know, but this is the date that is generally agreed upon for...

marychristinedelea
Apr 23, 20232 min read
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Shakespearean Sonnet by R.S. Gwynn
Shakespearean Sonnet by R.S. Gwynn With a first line taken from the tv listings A man is haunted by his father's ghost. Boy meets girl...

marychristinedelea
Apr 19, 20231 min read
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Famously Naked: Writing Prompt
I hope you read today's blog poem, "Rolling Naked in the Morning Dew" by Pattiann Rogers before trying this prompt (if not, go read...

marychristinedelea
Apr 16, 20232 min read
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Rolling Naked in the Morning Dew by Pattiann Rogers
Rolling Naked in the Morning Dew by Pattiann Rogers published in her book, Splitting and Binding, and in Orion Magazine Out among the wet...

marychristinedelea
Apr 16, 20232 min read
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the way and the way things are by nila northSun
the way and the way things are by nila northSun gramma thinks about her grandchildren they’re losing the ways don’t know how to talk...

marychristinedelea
Apr 12, 20231 min read
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Easter Eggs: Writing Prompt
Use of the term "Easter Eggs" to refer to something hidden is, according to Dictionary.com, from the 1980s and the video games that I...

marychristinedelea
Apr 9, 20232 min read
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Spilled Sugar by Thylias Moss
Spilled Sugar by Thylias Moss I cannot forget the sugar on the table. The hand that spilled it was not that of my usual father, three...

marychristinedelea
Apr 9, 20231 min read
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The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell From my mother's sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my...

marychristinedelea
Apr 5, 20231 min read
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Artificial Intelligence: Writing Prompt
First, if you are not aware of what is happening to some literary journals, click here and here and read these articles about AI-written...

marychristinedelea
Apr 2, 20232 min read
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From the Index To Breaking Up For Dummies by Philip Memmer
From the Index To Breaking Up For Dummies by Philip Memmer published in his chapbook Greatest Hits #262 (Pudding House Press) A abandoned...

marychristinedelea
Apr 2, 20231 min read
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