Chimera by Vievee Francis
Chimera by Vievee Francis (published in her 2016 book from TriQuarterly Books, Forest Primeval) She's not "maternal," she's dangerous....
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marychristinedelea
Feb 252 min read
Before We Photographed Every Little Thing
we only took pictures of special events. Film was expensive and getting photos developed was even more costly. And we got charged for...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 251 min read
Advice to the Photographers of Atrocities by Judith McCombs
Advice to the Photographers of Atrocities by Judith McCombs (published in The Anthology of Women Poets, 1973, edited by Pamela Victorine,...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 211 min read
Poem for My Love by June Jordan
Poem for My Love by June Jordan (published in the 2005 collection, Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan) How do we...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 181 min read
Above and Below: Creative Prompt
Maybe it's because I posted a poem about submarine warfare. Or maybe because I always long for the ocean. It could be because I just...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 181 min read
Life on a Killer Submarine by Jimmy Carter
Life on a Killer Submarine by President Jimmy Carter (published in North Dakota Quarterly, 60:1, 1992) I had a warm, sequestered feeling...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 141 min read
Ode to the Maggot by Yusef Komunyakaa
Ode to the Maggot By Yusef Komunyakaa (Published in his 2021 book, Every Day Mojo Songs of Earth; Farrah, Straus and Giroux) Brother of...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 111 min read
Comfort Sounds: Prompt
"The Saturday Afternoon Blues" is one of my favorite (maybe even my favorite) Wanda Coleman poems, in large part because of the sounds in...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 111 min read
The Saturday Afternoon Blues by Wanda Coleman
The Saturday Afternoon Blues by Wanda Coleman (published in her book, Imagoes, 1983, Black Sparrow Press) Can kill you can fade your life...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 71 min read
The Lion by Conrad Aiken
The Lion by Conrad Aiken (published in his book Cats and Bats and Things with Wings, 1965, Atheneum, drawings by Milton Glaser) The lion...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 42 min read
Theme for English B by Langston Hughes
Theme for English B by Langston Hughes The instructor said, Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you— Then, it...
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marychristinedelea
Feb 41 min read
A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You: Prompt
If you'd like to hear the song that goes along with today's prompt title (The Monkees' "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You"), click here....
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