The saint takes the monster to church & the monster catches a cold by Mary Ann Clark
The saint takes the monster to church & the monster catches a cold by Mary Ann Clark published in The Scores Here is a body. There are...
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marychristinedelea
May 8, 20221 min
When's Your Birthday?: Poetry Prompt
For this week's prompt, you are getting your poem's first line. I am using a calendar I have for this one. Look for your birthday month;...
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marychristinedelea
May 8, 20221 min
Rain for Days by Diane Holland
Rain for Days by Diane Holland published in Crab Orchard Review And the sky closed, but now the TV weather radar screen shows the few...
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marychristinedelea
May 4, 20221 min
Gaudy by Cassy Dorff
Gaudy by Cassy Dorff published in Rust+Moth, Winter 2021 The bird book called him America’s most gaudy bird. Some said the king cakes in...
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marychristinedelea
May 1, 20222 min
May Day: Poetry Prompt
Today is May Day, and there is a lot to unpack with this holiday. First, it is often celebrated as the unofficial start of spring....
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marychristinedelea
May 1, 20221 min
May and the Poets by Leigh Hunt
May and the Poets by Leigh Hunt There is May in books forever; May will part from Spenser never; May's in Milton, May's in Prior, May's...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 27, 20221 min
Assisted Living by J. Allyn Rosser
Assisted Living by J. Allyn Rosser published in The Atlantic They sit at tables close enough around To nudge, reach for salt, and chat...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 24, 20222 min
Playing with Dictionary Poem: Poetry Prompt
Jill McDonough's poem, Dictionary Poem, is rich with inspiration, as well as being an amazing poem. So this week's prompt will use her...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 24, 20221 min
Dictionary Poem by Jill McDonough
Dictionary Poem by Jill McDonough published in The Threepenny Review I love teaching people how to use a dictionary, watch them get...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 20, 20221 min
Pluto by Grace Li
Pluto by Grace Li published in Crazyhorse Online I’m sorry. It was a minor matter. All the ways that I was here and the ways I wasn’t. A...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 17, 20221 min
Flower Power: Poetry Prompt
Claude McKay writes of Easter flowers in his poem posted on my blog today. The photo I chose to accompany his poem is a Madonna lily....
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marychristinedelea
Apr 17, 20221 min
The Easter Flower by Claude McKay
The Easter Flower by Claude McKay Far from this foreign Easter damp and chilly My soul steals to a pear-shaped plot of ground, Where...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 14, 20222 min
For Calling the Spirit Back From Wandering the Earth In Its Human Feet by Joy Harjo
For Calling the Spirit Back From Wandering the Earth In Its Human Feet by Joy Harjo from Conflict Resolution From Holy Beings (W. W....
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marychristinedelea
Apr 10, 20221 min
Love to Hate You: Poetry Prompt
What is something you hate? Broccoli? Sitting in traffic? Superhero movies? Purple? The bangs you gave yourself? Cigarette smoke?...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 10, 20221 min
April by Linda Pastan
April by Linda Pastan A whole new freshman class of leaves has arrived on the dark twisted branches we call our woods, turning green...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 6, 20221 min
Touring Cueva de las Monedas I. by Charlotte Pence
published in her book, Code (Black Lawrence Press, 2020) Caves are not caves; they are thresholds into other worlds. We enter, blink into...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 3, 20222 min
Bugging Out: Poetry Prompt
Let's use today's poem, Gnats by Ladan Osman, as part of our inspiration today. I also suggest reading Ode to the Maggot by Yusef...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 3, 20221 min
Gnats by Ladan Osman
Gnats published in The Normal School, 2015 I can't tell why I think the dried corncobs in the gravel and the mattress under the tree were...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 30, 20221 min
A Question of Climate by Audre Lorde
published in her book, The Dead Behind Us (1986, Norton) I learned to be honest the way I learned to swim dropped into the inevitable my...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 27, 20222 min
Headline News: Poetry Prompt
A fun favorite of mine as far as prompts is our inspiration this week. The prompt is an easy one, suited for poetry or fiction. Since it...
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