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...

Lower Mathematics by Judy Brackett published in Commonweal Magazine, January 2021 The little boy shouts "To infinity and beyond!" and...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Rolling Naked in the Morning Dew by Pattiann Rogers published in her book, Splitting and Binding, and in Orion Magazine Out among the wet...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

From the Index To Breaking Up For Dummies by Philip Memmer published in his chapbook Greatest Hits #262 (Pudding House Press) A abandoned...

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,...

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

Trying to discern whether or not someone is a narcissist has become a favorite preoccupation for many Americans since 2018 (or...

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...

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...

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

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...