Four Definitions: Poetry Prompt
To follow this writing prompt in the strictest sense, define four in 4 different ways. If you would like more inspiration, Google Four...
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marychristinedelea
May 29, 20221 min read
Seventeen Funerals by Richard Blanco
Seventeen Funerals by Richard Blanco Poetry Foundation Seventeen suns rising in seventeen bedroom windows. Thirty-four eyes blooming open...
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marychristinedelea
May 25, 20221 min read
Nostalgia for a House in Turda, Romania by Gabriela Suarez
Nostalgia for a House in Turda, Romania by Gabriela Suarez published in Sliver of Stone, Issue 1, 2010 I rest my cheek on the peeling...
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marychristinedelea
May 22, 20221 min read
Small Town News: Poetry Prompt
Please read today's posted poem, Séance, before trying this prompt or reading on. {little dance while I wait for you to read Séance}...
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marychristinedelea
May 22, 20222 min read
Séance by Brennan Bestwick
Séance by Brennan Bestwick published in Thrush, September 2016 A round of robins carries the drowned boys up into the cedars. They drape...
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marychristinedelea
May 18, 20221 min read
Work by Robert King
Work by Robert King published in Rattle, Summer 2008 The workmen over and above the fence fit bricks, lift mortar, slap it accurately in...
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marychristinedelea
May 15, 20221 min read
The Dying of the Light: Poetry Prompt
I love art, but I am no art historian, critic, curator, or expert. I learn new things about art all the time, and it pleases me no end....
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marychristinedelea
May 15, 20221 min read
What Is Love If Not Rot? by Jane Wong
What Is Love If Not Rot? by Jane Wong online at the Seattle Public Library Seattle Writes web site I’ve been watching videos of rotting...
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marychristinedelea
May 11, 20221 min read
The saint takes the monster to church & the monster catches a cold by Mary Ann Clark
The saint takes the monster to church & the monster catches a cold by Mary Ann Clark published in The Scores Here is a body. There are...
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marychristinedelea
May 8, 20221 min read
When's Your Birthday?: Poetry Prompt
For this week's prompt, you are getting your poem's first line. I am using a calendar I have for this one. Look for your birthday month;...
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marychristinedelea
May 8, 20221 min read
Rain for Days by Diane Holland
Rain for Days by Diane Holland published in Crab Orchard Review And the sky closed, but now the TV weather radar screen shows the few...
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marychristinedelea
May 4, 20221 min read
Gaudy by Cassy Dorff
Gaudy by Cassy Dorff published in Rust+Moth, Winter 2021 The bird book called him America’s most gaudy bird. Some said the king cakes in...
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marychristinedelea
May 1, 20222 min read
May Day: Poetry Prompt
Today is May Day, and there is a lot to unpack with this holiday. First, it is often celebrated as the unofficial start of spring....
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marychristinedelea
May 1, 20221 min read
May and the Poets by Leigh Hunt
May and the Poets by Leigh Hunt There is May in books forever; May will part from Spenser never; May's in Milton, May's in Prior, May's...
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