Assisted Living by J. Allyn Rosser
Assisted Living by J. Allyn Rosser published in The Atlantic They sit at tables close enough around To nudge, reach for salt, and chat...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 24, 20222 min read
Playing with Dictionary Poem: Poetry Prompt
Jill McDonough's poem, Dictionary Poem, is rich with inspiration, as well as being an amazing poem. So this week's prompt will use her...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 24, 20221 min read
Dictionary Poem by Jill McDonough
Dictionary Poem by Jill McDonough published in The Threepenny Review I love teaching people how to use a dictionary, watch them get...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 20, 20221 min read
Pluto by Grace Li
Pluto by Grace Li published in Crazyhorse Online I’m sorry. It was a minor matter. All the ways that I was here and the ways I wasn’t. A...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 17, 20221 min read
Flower Power: Poetry Prompt
Claude McKay writes of Easter flowers in his poem posted on my blog today. The photo I chose to accompany his poem is a Madonna lily....
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marychristinedelea
Apr 17, 20221 min read
The Easter Flower by Claude McKay
The Easter Flower by Claude McKay Far from this foreign Easter damp and chilly My soul steals to a pear-shaped plot of ground, Where...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 14, 20222 min read
For Calling the Spirit Back From Wandering the Earth In Its Human Feet by Joy Harjo
For Calling the Spirit Back From Wandering the Earth In Its Human Feet by Joy Harjo from Conflict Resolution From Holy Beings (W. W....
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marychristinedelea
Apr 10, 20221 min read
Love to Hate You: Poetry Prompt
What is something you hate? Broccoli? Sitting in traffic? Superhero movies? Purple? The bangs you gave yourself? Cigarette smoke?...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 10, 20221 min read
April by Linda Pastan
April by Linda Pastan A whole new freshman class of leaves has arrived on the dark twisted branches we call our woods, turning green...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 6, 20221 min read
Touring Cueva de las Monedas I. by Charlotte Pence
published in her book, Code (Black Lawrence Press, 2020) Caves are not caves; they are thresholds into other worlds. We enter, blink into...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 3, 20222 min read
Bugging Out: Poetry Prompt
Let's use today's poem, Gnats by Ladan Osman, as part of our inspiration today. I also suggest reading Ode to the Maggot by Yusef...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 3, 20221 min read
Gnats by Ladan Osman
Gnats published in The Normal School, 2015 I can't tell why I think the dried corncobs in the gravel and the mattress under the tree were...
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