War: Poetry Prompt
Today's prompt is very short. Write a poem about war (any type of war, although your poem must make clear what you are writing about)...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 28, 20222 min read
To Walt Whitman in Heaven by Betsy Sholl
To Walt Whitman in Heaven by Betsy Sholl from her book Late Psalm Things that look good and aren't: high fashion, Manifest Destiny, limp...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 23, 20221 min read
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 20, 20221 min read
Zero Gravity by Eric Gamalinda
Zero Gravity by Eric Gamalinda The dry basin of the moon must have held the bones of a race, radiant minerals, or something devoid of...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 20, 20222 min read
The Name Game: Poetry Prompt
Today's prompt has two parts. BUT it only works if you do the first part completely before doing the second part. So promise me you will...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 16, 20222 min read
The Execution of Henry Wirz—November 10, 1865 by Daniel Nathan Terry
The Execution of Henry Wirz—November 10, 1865 by Daniel Nathan Terry published in Capturing the Dead, and can also be found on the Split...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 13, 20222 min read
No Surprise for the Writer . . . : Poetry Prompt
I love looking through prompt books and web pages. I love taking generative poetry classes and workshops, and a silver lining to this...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 13, 20221 min read
Seconds in a Momentary Science by Kristina Martinez
Seconds in a Momentary Science by Kristina Martinez Another breath, deeper, undo these buttons to fit the stethoscope, calipers, forceps,...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 10, 20221 min read
314 by Emily Dickinson
“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - And...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 7, 20221 min read
A Day Late and a Dollar Short: Poetry Prompt
Yep--I am a day late this week with the week's prompt! (And I am always a dollar short!) But it has a silver lining, as many mistakes do,...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 7, 20221 min read
What's Going to Kill You by Jayne Marek
What’s Going to Kill You by Jayne Marek published in Black Horse Review (January 2, 2021) How secretive it can be, swimming the long...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 2, 20221 min read
When We Became Trees by Mary Christine Kane
published in Ponder Review, Spring 2017, Volume 1, Issue 1 When We Became Trees by Mary Christine Kane We saw them first on our walk....
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