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Bless this Bagel by Shirley Geok-lin Lim published in Walking Backwards (West End Press) Bless this bagel this Sunday morning, Stark...

published in Exploded Assembly (Sow's Ear 2019 Chapbook Competition winning chapbook) I don't want to talk about what we have lost, I am...

Today's poem, "In the ER at 1 AM" by Mary Hanarhan, relates a tragic event in first person. It is a heart-breaking poem, and although we...

In the ER at 1 AM by Mary Hanarhan published in Sugar House Review, Issue 18 You die next to the man holding a dish towel over his bloody...

Hunter's Moon Kelli Russell Agodon published in Waxwing Literary Journal The first person you fall in love with will be a deer. You will...

From 1953 to 1972, Walter Cronkite hosted a historical reenactment show which treated events such as the Boston Tea Party, The Burning of...

Indian Boarding School: The Runaways by Louise Erdrich Home’s the place we head for in our sleep. Boxcars stumbling north in dreams don’t...

To a Small, Sweet Calimyrna Fig by Paulann Petersen published in Weber Half dried, half not. Skin puckered. Your stem-end curves...

Using today’s poem, “Protocol for Wings” as your inspiration, write a poem that provides tips, advice, and/or instructions for doing...

Protocol for Wings by Rachel Landrum Crumble published in Typishly on February 20, 2019 Don’t let their newfound weight sink your...

"The Burly Fading One" by Robert Hayden The burly fading one beside the engine, holding a lantern in his hand, is Uncle Jed--bullyboy of...

Write a poem that answers the following questions, or at least entertains the questions if no answers are forthcoming. You can be strict...

Newly Discovered Portrait of My Mother with Ocotillo and Grapefruit by Donna Prinzmetal published in The Midnight Oil, Volume 1 In the...

Learning the City by Murders by Nancy Breen I once knew the lay of the city by murders. My childhood was full of them, heavy aghast...

Chihuahua by Mary Winters She of the overlong kisses and fat arms is gone—though I loved her. I’ll miss her orange blossom scent. The...

Steal--and give credit, of course--to another writer! This poem (essay or piece of fiction) requires an epigraph. That's right--it is...

Getting Engaged in the Gun Room of the Lafayette Hotel by Kate Fox Behind him, long rifles line the wall, and the smaller weapons—the...

In a City You will Never Visit by Young Smith Tonight, in a city you will never visit, no one finds your absence strange. In that...

We are so used to “seeing” the world as a series of country borders, and then more borders inside those countries, signifying states,...

Missing Local Teenagers Found Submerged in Fredericksburg Canal by Sarah Ebba Hansen published in Ponder Review, Spring 2019, Volume 3,...