What Irish Has Taught Me: Writing Prompt
Happy end of January, beginning of February week! Last May, I started Duolingo, a language learning app. There are many languages...
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marychristinedelea
Jan 29, 20231 min read
About Face by Alice Fulton
About Face by Alice Fulton published in her book, Sensual Math (1995) Because life's too short to blush, I keep my blood tucked in. I...
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marychristinedelea
Jan 25, 20231 min read
Morning Prayer with Rat King by Kaveh Akbar
Morning Prayer with Rat King by Kaveh Akbar published in Poetry, March 2018 gravity accounts for the distance between weight and mass it...
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marychristinedelea
Jan 22, 20231 min read
Daughter I am saying things to you by Amy Schmitz
Daughter I am saying things to you by Amy Schmitz published in Kestrel, Fall 2016 like sand seed storage like always have something to...
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marychristinedelea
Jan 22, 20232 min read
Catch a Falling Star: Writing Prompt
The comet known as C/2022 E3 (Z.T.F.) will be visible to us here on earth for the next few weeks. It will be closest to our planet on...
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marychristinedelea
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild by Kathy Fish
Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild by Kathy Fish published in Jellyfish Review, 2017 A group of grandmothers is a tapestry. A group...
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marychristinedelea
Jan 15, 20233 min read
There Is a Street Named for Martin Luther King, Jr. In Every City by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
There Is a Street Named for Martin Luther King, Jr. In Every City by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib For Joe Bart especially the ones where blood...
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marychristinedelea
Jan 15, 20232 min read
In Honor of MLK, Jr.: Writing Prompt
The contributions made to America by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King are many and they are monumental. The writings and...
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marychristinedelea
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Elegy with Apples, Pomegranates, Bees by Hayan Charara
Elegy with Apples, Pomegranates, Bees, Butterflies, Thorn Bushes, Oak, Pine, Warblers, Crows, Ants, and Worms by Hayan Charara published...
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marychristinedelea
Jan 8, 20232 min read
Welcome to January: Writing Prompt
January, like a few of our other months, takes its name from a Roman god, in this case, Janus. He is depicted as having two faces in the...
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marychristinedelea
Jan 8, 20231 min read
A Spine Moving by Karen Braucher
A Spine Moving by Karen Braucher for Dr. Jocelyn Kirnak published in Caveat Lector In this poem there will not be a looming, joking...
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marychristinedelea
Jan 1, 20232 min read
Compass: Writing Prompt
Happy New Year! Are you ready to write a new poem/story/essay/journal entry each week this year? And if you want/need to write more,...
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marychristinedelea
Jan 1, 20231 min read
At the South End of Lake Whatcom by Richard Widerkehr
At the South End of Lake Whatcom by Richard Widerkehr published in Sweet Tree Review, Winter 2017 At night the lake looks closer, and...
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