Risk by Elizabeth Appell
Risk by Elizabeth Appell And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom....
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 31
- 1 min
A Brief History of Nakedness by Flower Conroy
A Brief History of Nakedness by Flower Conroy (published in Duende, Issue 2, 2015) In the beginning was clay made flesh & tingle, & a...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 28
- 1 min
Metaphor? I'd Never Even SEEN Her Afore!: Prompt
Many of the poems I have posted on my blog use metaphor (as do many poems in general). Today's poem makes the noon heat a mystic dog....
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 28
- 1 min
Noon by Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
Noon by Harindranath Chattopadhyaya The noon, a mystic dog with paws of fire, Runs through the sky in ecstasy of drouth, Licking the...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 24
- 2 min
Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas Lost at Sea, 1527 by Lisa M. Bradley
Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas Lost at Sea, 1527 by Lisa M. Bradley (published in Strange Horizons, October 3, 2016) Nobody needs your...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 21
- 1 min
Pen Pals: Prompt
There is something magical about getting an actual card or letter in the mail; it was wonderful when that was the only way to get mail,...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 21
- 1 min
Friendship by Lucien Stryk
Friendship by Lucien Stryk (published in Selected Poems, 1976, The Swallow Press) He writes again. Since his divorce a fist has never...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 17
- 2 min
Elegy for Myself by Stanley Moss
Elegy for Myself by Stanley Moss (published in Poetry, OCT/NOV 1987) The ashes and dust are laughing, swaddled, perfumed and powdered,...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 14
- 1 min
Little Star: Week 8 by Cameron Morse
Little Star: Week 8 by Cameron Morse (published in Whale Road Review, Issue 9, Winter 2017) Embryo son, fetus daughter, wherever you are...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 14
- 1 min
Crossing a Little Star: Prompt
In today's beautiful poem posted on this blog, "Little Star: Week 8," the speaker--a father-to-be--addresses his child-to-be. In his very...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 10
- 2 min
A Parking Lot in West Houston by Monica Youn
A Parking Lot in West Houston by Monica Youn (from her 2003 book, Barter, from Gray Wolf Press) Angels are unthinkable in hot weather...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 7
- 2 min
Bridging the Gap: Prompt
I am a little obsessed with bridges. On drives across country, I will go out of my way in order to cross an old covered bridge miles from...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 7
- 2 min
Women Whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are Money by Joyce Carol Oates
Women Whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are Money by Joyce Carol Oates (published in her 1978 book of the same name, Louisiana State...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 3
- 2 min
Chicago by Carl Sandburg
Chicago by Carl Sandburg HOG Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;...
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marychristinedelea
- Jun 30
- 1 min
10 Things I Hate about You: Prompt
I love odes, I admit it. Counting my blessings? Sure. I try to find the beauty around me. I write down something I am grateful for every...
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marychristinedelea
- Jun 30
- 1 min
To the Pay Toilet by Marge Piercy
To the Pay Toilet by Marge Piercy You strop my anger, especially when I find you in restaurant or bar and pay for the same liquid, coming...
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marychristinedelea
- Jun 26
- 1 min
On the Death of Benjamin Franklin by Philip Freneau
On the Death of Benjamin Franklin by Philip Freneau Thus, some tall tree that long hath stood The glory of its native wood, By storms...
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marychristinedelea
- Jun 23
- 1 min
Love Song for Love Songs by Rafael Campo
Love Song for Love Songs by Rafael Campo (published on the Academy of American Poets website) A golden age of love songs and we still...
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marychristinedelea
- Jun 23
- 2 min
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Prompt
This week's prompt has 3 components. I have never seen this Clint Eastwood movie (see the title of this prompt), but the title has such a...
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marychristinedelea
- Jun 19
- 1 min
Desirous of Her Liberty at This Time by Rhonda M. Ward
Desirous of Her Liberty at This Time by Rhonda M. Ward (published in Poetry, November 2021, in The Witness Stones Project portfolio)...
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