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marychristinedelea
Apr 281 min read
At the Movies: Creative Prompt
Do you remember the first movie you saw in a theater? The first movie date you had? How about the first DVD movie you bought? The movie...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 281 min read
In Perpetual Spring by Amy Gerstler
In Perpetual Spring by Amy Gerstler (published in her book, Bitter Angel, North Point Press, 1990) Gardens are also good places to sulk....
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marychristinedelea
Apr 241 min read
After Looking into a Book Belonging to My Great-Grandfather, Eli Eliakim Plutzik by Hyam Plutzik
After Looking into a Book Belonging to My Great-Grandfather, Eli Eliakim Plutzik by Hyam Plutzik (published in his book, Apples from...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 212 min read
A Friend in Need: Creative Prompt
Although most people know it as "Dogs Playing Poker," Cassius Marcellus Coolidge's 1903 painting is actually called A Friend in Need. It...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 211 min read
On the Recovery of Canis Familiaris from Sputnik 2, 1957 by Bailey Blumenstock
On the Recovery of Canis Familiaris from Sputnik 2, 1957 by Bailey Blumenstock (published in The Maine Review, Issue 6.1, 2020) Before...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 171 min read
I tell my children by Victoria Chang
I tell my children by Victoria Chang published in her 2020 book, Obit (Copper Canyon Press) I tell my children that hope is like a blue...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 141 min read
Her Perfect Dad by Kathleen Aguero
Her Perfect Dad by Kathleen Aguero (published in her 2013 book, after that, Tiger Bark Press) I'm Carson Drew. I disappear, don't...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 142 min read
YA: Prompt
What are your favorite YA books from when you were young? Nancy Drew? Darius the Great Is Not Okay? The Poet X? Anne of Green Gables?...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 101 min read
Seeing the Eclipse in Maine by Robert Bly
Seeing the Eclipse in Maine by Robert Bly (published in 1997, and here) It started about noon. On top of Mount Batte, We were all...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 71 min read
Path of Totality by Niina Pollari
Path of Totality by Niina Pollari (published in her 2022 book, Path of Totality, by Soft Skull Press) Something set you into motion. A...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 73 min read
Path of Totality: Prompt
First, please read Niina Pollari's stunning poem that is posted on my blog today. Then go buy her book. Then come back here and do this...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 31 min read
A Blessing by James Wright
A Blessing by James Wright (published in Above the River: The Complete Poems) Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota, Twilight...
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