Today's poem on my blog, Home on New Year's, by Dina Ben-Lev, is a great example of the cliche "When life gives you lemons, make...

Home on New Year’s by Dina Ben-Lev Never mind about being alone. At least when you need it, the bathroom’s unoccupied. Couples won’t...

Windigo by Louise Erdrich (published in her collection, Jacklight, 1984, Henry Holt Publishers) For Angela The Windigo is a flesh-eating,...

Please read Karin Gottshall's beautiful poem, Soap, posted on my blog today. Then, write a poem in which candles in a window are one of...

Soap by Karin Gottshall (published in Juked, 2013) It is full bitter winter when I begin to bleed. Too ashamed to tell. Aligning myself...

I’m not a religious person but by Chen Chen (published in his 2017 book, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further...

You Tell Me You Want to Live Close to Nature by Joan Mazza (published in The Mark Lit Review, August, 2021) You plan to have acreage, a...

This famous line from the Scottish poet Robert Burns' poem, "To a mouse," is often "translated" into modern English as "The best laid...

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now by A. E. Housman Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands...

Saint Monica Burns It Down by Mary Biddinger (published in Valparaiso Poetry Review) It wasn’t her house, but she would strip it of its...

After reading Mary Biddinger's wonderful poem, "Saint Monica Burns It Down," published in Valparaiso Poetry Review and posted today on my...

Arizona by Kaitlyn McNab (published in Electric Lit, Issue 171, 2021) I want to be whisked away to Arizona and kissed in the depression...

Poems I Probably Won’t Write About My Stepfather by Jennifer Stewart Miller (published in Crab Creek Review, March 25, 2021) On Holding...

This week's prompt is easy for any writer or artist: you are asked to make a list. For poets, this means a List Poem. History is full of...