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,...

This week's prompt takes its cue from today's poem, Judith H. Montgomery's "Breastbone Ode." Write a poem that celebrates a body part,...

published in Cumberland River Review, Issue 7-1, January 2018 Breastbone Ode by Judith H. Montgomery Think gladiolus: not the loud flower...

published on The Writer's Almanac page, October 1, 2005 Bike Ride with Older Boys by Laura Kasischke The one I didn't go on. I was...

In the poem I posted today, William Stafford wrote: "Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you...

You Reading This, Be Ready by William Stafford Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?...

I Miss Everyone At Once But Most Of All-- by beyza ozer ( published in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Volume 5, Issue 5) name a mistake & i’ll...

What Moss Says by Penelope Scambly Schott (published in River and South, May 2018) There's enough moss to go around is what I say to...

Choose one of the facts below and use it to jumpstart a poem. 1.) Only 6 people attended the funeral of Thomas Paine 2.) Oregon grows 99%...