Deathly by Rodney Jones published in his book, Imaginary Logic (2011, Houghton Miffllin) I am alone, driving through St. Louis, listening...

In her poem, posted on this very blog, Kari Gunter-Seymour describes her Appalachia, both past and present. Along with physical...

I Come From A Place So Deep Inside America It Can't Be Seen by Kari Gunter-Seymour published in her 2020 book, A Place So Deep Inside...

Iron Woman by Diane Glancy published in her 1990 book by the same name I knew I came from a different place, a story cut apart with...

Saint Francis and the Sow by Galway Kinnell The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don’t flower, for everything...

A commercial for The Green Planet on PBS, besides being visually stunning, also prompted this week's prompt. While showing video of...

Text for D.H. by Andrea Hollander published in Kosmos Journal, Autumn 2021 My friend tells me in a text that his cat has stopped eating....

Read the poem posted today on this very same blog (and many of the others) to see how wonderful poems that are pure imagination can be....

Mrs. Buddha Calls on Mrs. God by Patricia McMillen published in New Ohio Review, 2000 Tea or coffee? asks Mrs. God, hopeful for an excuse...

Since Nine O’Clock by Constantine P. Cavafy Half past twelve. Time has gone by quickly since nine o'clock when I lit the lamp and sat...

Read Catherine Klatzker's award-winning poem in today's other blog post. Then, write a poem in second person. Although you should write...

What It Was Like by Catherine Klatzker published in Split This Rock 2016, 2nd Prize in their Abortion Rights Poetry Contest The world...

The Tool Shed by Kasey Jueds published in Superstition Review How can I explain the way I kept coming back—to that box of trapped shadows...

With climate change making our weather less hospitable and a heat wave roasting much of the planet, heat is on my mind. And it is the...

Four Definitions For the Use of Time by Carolyn Moore published in Cider Press Review 1 Your book club neighbor chats across the fence of...

Moths & Origami Children by Ojo Taiye published in Whale Road Review, Winter 2018 i taste my mother’s sickness in my mouth & analyze the...

Disasters happen daily, but unless they are especially horrific, international, or deadly, we might not hear about them. In our online...

The Man Moth by Elizabeth Bishop published in The Complete Poems, 1926-1979 Man-Moth: Newspaper misprint for “mammoth.” Here, above,...

The Empty Pool by Sue Ellen Thompson published in The Summerset Review, Spring 2010 This is the place where my sisters and I lay all...

Today's poem on my blog is called "Love Poem," but it is not a Hallmark card sentiment. No cliche images of hearts, no angsty desires...