September - 2021

Blog Post Archive

Sep 29, 20211 min read

Missing Local Teenagers Found Submerged in Fredericksburg Canal by Sarah Ebba Hansen

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

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Sep 26, 20211 min read

I Love My Body: Poetry Prompt

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,...

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Sep 26, 20211 min read

Breastbone Ode by Judith H. Montgomery

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

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Sep 22, 20211 min read

Bike Ride with Older Boys by Laura Kasischke

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...

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Sep 19, 20211 min read

The Gift of Positivity: Poetry Prompt

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...

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Sep 19, 20211 min read

You Reading This, Be Ready by William Stafford

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

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Sep 15, 20213 min read

I Miss Everyone At Once But Most of All-- by beyza ozer

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...

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Sep 12, 20212 min read

What Moss Says by Penelope Scambly Schott

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...

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Sep 9, 20211 min read

Start with a Fact: Poetry Prompt

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%...

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