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Lament for the Invisible Lesbians by Alison Binney
Lament for the Invisible Lesbians by Alison Binney published in Impossible Archetype, Issue 6 You hid yourselves so well, invisible ones,...

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Jun 28, 20231 min read
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Across the Ocean: Writing Prompt
This week, we are using today's poem (Eurydice by Ocean Vuong) as our inspiration. The trick to this type of prompt is to make your piece...

marychristinedelea
Jun 25, 20232 min read
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Eurydice by Ocean Vuong
Eurydice by Ocean Vuong published in The Nation (January 28, 2014) It’s more like the sound a doe makes when the arrowhead replaces the...

marychristinedelea
Jun 25, 20231 min read
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Pride by Diana Goetsch
Pride by Diana Goetsch from In America (2017 Rattle Chapbook Prize Selection) https://www.rattle.com/pride-by-diana-goetsch/ for Paula...

marychristinedelea
Jun 21, 20231 min read
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Wrong Turn: Writing Prompt
Although it is a common trope in many types of literature and movies, taking a wrong turn is something everyone of us has done, and...

marychristinedelea
Jun 18, 20231 min read
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Untitled by Marilyn Hacker
Untitled by Marilyn Hacker page 121 of her book, Love, Death, and the Changing of the Seasons W.W. Norton and Company, 1986 You did say,...

marychristinedelea
Jun 18, 20231 min read
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As Planned by Frank O'Hara
As Planned by Frank O'Hara published in The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara edited by Donald Allen After the first glass of vodka you can...

marychristinedelea
Jun 14, 20231 min read
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Work That House!: Writing Prompt
“Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn't even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of...

marychristinedelea
Jun 11, 20231 min read
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Rejected Embroidery Projects by Triny Finlay
Rejected Embroidery Projects by Triny Finlay published in The/tEmz/Review, Issue 22 I stitch whimsy-careful scenes for people who don’t...

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Jun 11, 20231 min read
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Little Shields, in Starlight by Carl Phillips
Little Shields, in Starlight by Carl Phillips posted in Literary Hub, 2022 Maybe there’s no need for us to go anywhere more far than...

marychristinedelea
Jun 7, 20231 min read
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No Moon at All: Writing Prompt
Jackie Kay's incredible poem, "Margaret's Moon," mentions the moon just once in her short poem (line four: "a hammock moon"). Most of her...

marychristinedelea
Jun 4, 20231 min read
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Margaret's Moon by Jackie Kay
Margaret’s Moon by Jackie Kay After she died, I swear the sky Had the most beautiful of all sunsets, A blush of pink, then red, a glass...

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Jun 4, 20231 min read
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