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Love Poem by Margot Wizansky
Love Powm by Margot Wizansky published in Poetry East, 2004 All winter you contract-- one tiller, one boat, one bay, one light that shows...

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Jun 5, 20221 min read


Good Fences by Dana Sonnenschein
Good Fences Wolf Conservation Center, NY by Dana Sonnenschein published in Kosmos Journal Something there is that doesn’t love a wall—...

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Jun 1, 20221 min read


Four Definitions: Poetry Prompt
To follow this writing prompt in the strictest sense, define four in 4 different ways. If you would like more inspiration, Google Four...

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May 29, 20221 min read


Seventeen Funerals by Richard Blanco
Seventeen Funerals by Richard Blanco Poetry Foundation Seventeen suns rising in seventeen bedroom windows. Thirty-four eyes blooming open...

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May 29, 20221 min read


Nostalgia for a House in Turda, Romania by Gabriela Suarez
Nostalgia for a House in Turda, Romania by Gabriela Suarez published in Sliver of Stone, Issue 1, 2010 I rest my cheek on the peeling...

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May 25, 20221 min read


Small Town News: Poetry Prompt
Please read today's posted poem, Séance, before trying this prompt or reading on. {little dance while I wait for you to read Séance}...

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May 22, 20221 min read


Séance by Brennan Bestwick
Séance by Brennan Bestwick published in Thrush, September 2016 A round of robins carries the drowned boys up into the cedars. They drape...

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May 22, 20222 min read


Work by Robert King
Work by Robert King published in Rattle, Summer 2008 The workmen over and above the fence fit bricks, lift mortar, slap it accurately in...

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May 18, 20221 min read


The Dying of the Light: Poetry Prompt
I love art, but I am no art historian, critic, curator, or expert. I learn new things about art all the time, and it pleases me no end....

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May 15, 20221 min read


What Is Love If Not Rot? by Jane Wong
What Is Love If Not Rot? by Jane Wong online at the Seattle Public Library Seattle Writes web site I’ve been watching videos of rotting...

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May 15, 20221 min read


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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May 11, 20221 min read


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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May 8, 20221 min read


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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May 8, 20221 min read


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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May 4, 20221 min read


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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May 1, 20222 min read


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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May 1, 20221 min read


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...

marychristinedelea
Apr 27, 20221 min read


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...

marychristinedelea
Apr 24, 20222 min read


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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Apr 24, 20221 min read


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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Apr 20, 20221 min read
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