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marychristinedelea
Nov 28, 20211 min read
Face Your Fear: Poetry Prompt
Think back to an incident where you felt real fear--not anxiety or stress or despair, but fear, that mental, emotional, and physical pit...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 28, 20211 min read
Coyote Night by Adrian C. Louis
Coyote Night Adrian C. Louis A flat tire ten miles east of Pine Ridge just past the Wounded Knee turnoff. I disembark into Siberia...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 24, 20211 min read
Love Song: I and Thou by Alan Dugan
Love Song: I and Thou by Alan Dugan Nothing is plumb, level, or square: the studs are bowed, the joists are shaky by nature, no piece...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 21, 20211 min read
Tala (ode to the Girl-Palm) by Majda Gama
Tala (ode to the Girl-Palm) by Majda Gama published in Nimrod, Spring/Summer 2019, Volume 62, Number 2 Voices of the Middle East and...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 21, 20212 min read
Write Towards the Last Words: Poetry Prompt
Warning: this prompt has a long-ish introduction. Many years ago, I wrote my first ode. Prior to doing so, I went to Neruda and Keats for...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 17, 20211 min read
The Exact Moment I Became a Poet by Paula Meehan
for Kay Foran published in As If By Magic: Selected Poems (WFUP, 2021) was in 1963 when Miss Shannon rapping the duster on the easel’s...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 14, 20211 min read
Blessings: Poetry Prompt
Using Shirley Geok-lin Lim's poem, "Bless this Bagel," as inspiration, write a short poem that is a blessing. A food item is a great...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 14, 20211 min read
Bless this Bagel by Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Bless this Bagel by Shirley Geok-lin Lim published in Walking Backwards (West End Press) Bless this bagel this Sunday morning, Stark...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 10, 20211 min read
So Many Swans Could Mean Something by Karen Donovan
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...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 7, 20211 min read
Create a Distance from Tragedy: Poetry Prompt
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...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 7, 20211 min read
In the ER at 1 AM by Mary Hanarhan
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...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 3, 20211 min read
Hunter's Moon by Kelli Russell Agodon
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...
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