Flophouse?: Prompt
Does anyone use the term "flophouse" anymore? If you aren't familiar, it is a synonym for a sleazy motel. These places are everywhere and...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 291 min
Marriage (motel) by Laura McCullough
Marriage (motel) by Laura McCullough (published in Posit , 2018 ) Inland, just west of Atlantic City, old motels stand hunched as if...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 252 min
The Death of Rachel Carson--April 14, 1964 by Donelle Dreese
The Death of Rachel Carson--April 14, 1964 by Donelle Dreese (published in Canary , Spring, 2017 ) The battle of living things...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 221 min
How to Open Doors: Prompt
I have had 16 cats throughout my life. Their back stories have been as different as their personalities. They were/are, of course, all...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 222 min
Ellis Island by Joseph Bruchac
Ellis Island by Joseph Bruchac (published in his 1978 book, Entering Onondaga, Cold Mountain Press) Beyond the red brick of Ellis...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 183 min
Meteor, April 2020 by Amy Miller
Meteor, April 2020 by Amy Miller (published in Sweet Lit, 2020 )Â In the year of our plague, we saw a light. Like a plane on fire,...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 151 min
See You in September: Prompt
"See You in September" by The Happenings is just one of the many great songs written about September. See also: September by The Shins...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 152 min
Season’s End by Audrey Colasanti
Season’s End by Audrey Colasanti (published in Humana Obscura , Fall/Winter 2021 ) All around, the grasses sway copper and flax, warm...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 112 min
Portrait of a Figure Near Water by Jane Kenyon
Portrait of a Figure Near Water by Jane Kenyon (published in her Collected Poems , Graywolf Press, 2005) Rebuked, she turned and ran...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 81 min
A Family Affair: Prompt
Be inspired by Ruth Stone’s poem, posted on my blog today. Her portrait of Aunt Maud is detailed, fresh, and thorough. One of the major...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 83 min
How Aunt Maud Took to Being a Woman by Ruth Stone
How Aunt Maud Took to Being a Woman  by Ruth Stone (published in Persimmon Tree and elsewhere) A long hill sloped down to Aunt Maud’s...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 42 min
Summer by César Vallejo
Summer by César Vallejo translated from the Spanish by Yvette Siegert Summer, I am leaving. And how they pain me, These meek hands of...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 11 min
The Sound of Silence: Prompt
Today's poem on this very blog features some silence, as well as cows and birds making some noise. And although the speaker is out...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 12 min
August 12 in the Nebraska Sand Hills Watching the Perseids Meteor Shower by Twyla Hansen
August 12 in the Nebraska Sand Hills Watching the Perseids Meteor Shower by Twyla Hansen (published in her 2011 book, Dirt Songs: A...
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