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marychristinedelea
Dec 31, 20231 min read
Turn that Frown Upside Down: Prompt
Today's poem on my blog, Home on New Year's, by Dina Ben-Lev, is a great example of the cliche "When life gives you lemons, make...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 31, 20231 min read
Home on New Year's by Dina Ben-Lev
Home on New Year’s by Dina Ben-Lev Never mind about being alone. At least when you need it, the bathroom’s unoccupied. Couples won’t...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 27, 20231 min read
Windigo by Louise Erdrich
Windigo by Louise Erdrich (published in her collection, Jacklight, 1984, Henry Holt Publishers) For Angela The Windigo is a flesh-eating,...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 24, 20231 min read
Candle in the Windo . . . ow: Prompt
Please read Karin Gottshall's beautiful poem, Soap, posted on my blog today. Then, write a poem in which candles in a window are one of...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 24, 20231 min read
Soap by Karin Gottshall
Soap by Karin Gottshall (published in Juked, 2013) It is full bitter winter when I begin to bleed. Too ashamed to tell. Aligning myself...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 20, 20232 min read
I’m not a religious person but by Chen Chen
I’m not a religious person but by Chen Chen (published in his 2017 book, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 17, 20231 min read
You Tell Me You Want to Live Close to Nature by Joan Mazza
You Tell Me You Want to Live Close to Nature by Joan Mazza (published in The Mark Lit Review, August, 2021) You plan to have acreage, a...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 17, 20231 min read
The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men/Gang aft agley: Prompt
This famous line from the Scottish poet Robert Burns' poem, "To a mouse," is often "translated" into modern English as "The best laid...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 13, 20231 min read
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now by A. E. Housman
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now by A. E. Housman Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 10, 20231 min read
Saint Monica Burns It Down by Mary Biddinger
Saint Monica Burns It Down by Mary Biddinger (published in Valparaiso Poetry Review) It wasn’t her house, but she would strip it of its...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 10, 20232 min read
The Saints Go Marching In: Prompt
After reading Mary Biddinger's wonderful poem, "Saint Monica Burns It Down," published in Valparaiso Poetry Review and posted today on my...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 6, 20231 min read
Arizona by Kaitlyn McNab
Arizona by Kaitlyn McNab (published in Electric Lit, Issue 171, 2021) I want to be whisked away to Arizona and kissed in the depression...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 3, 20231 min read
Poems I Probably Won’t Write About My Stepfather by Jennifer Stewart Miller
Poems I Probably Won’t Write About My Stepfather by Jennifer Stewart Miller (published in Crab Creek Review, March 25, 2021) On Holding...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 3, 20231 min read
Prompt: Like Santa's List, But Different
This week's prompt is easy for any writer or artist: you are asked to make a list. For poets, this means a List Poem. History is full of...
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