A Brief History of Nakedness by Flower Conroy
A Brief History of Nakedness by Flower Conroy (published in Duende, Issue 2, 2015) In the beginning was clay made flesh & tingle, & a...
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marychristinedelea
Jul 281 min read
Metaphor? I'd Never Even SEEN Her Afore!: Prompt
Many of the poems I have posted on my blog use metaphor (as do many poems in general). Today's poem makes the noon heat a mystic dog....
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marychristinedelea
Jul 281 min read
Noon by Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
Noon by Harindranath Chattopadhyaya The noon, a mystic dog with paws of fire, Runs through the sky in ecstasy of drouth, Licking the...
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marychristinedelea
Jul 242 min read
Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas Lost at Sea, 1527 by Lisa M. Bradley
Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas Lost at Sea, 1527 by Lisa M. Bradley (published in Strange Horizons, October 3, 2016) Nobody needs your...
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marychristinedelea
Jul 211 min read
Pen Pals: Prompt
There is something magical about getting an actual card or letter in the mail; it was wonderful when that was the only way to get mail,...
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marychristinedelea
Jul 211 min read
Friendship by Lucien Stryk
Friendship by Lucien Stryk (published in Selected Poems, 1976, The Swallow Press) He writes again. Since his divorce a fist has never...
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marychristinedelea
Jul 172 min read
Elegy for Myself by Stanley Moss
Elegy for Myself by Stanley Moss (published in Poetry, OCT/NOV 1987) The ashes and dust are laughing, swaddled, perfumed and powdered,...
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marychristinedelea
Jul 141 min read
Little Star: Week 8 by Cameron Morse
Little Star: Week 8 by Cameron Morse (published in Whale Road Review, Issue 9, Winter 2017) Embryo son, fetus daughter, wherever you are...
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marychristinedelea
Jul 141 min read
Crossing a Little Star: Prompt
In today's beautiful poem posted on this blog, "Little Star: Week 8," the speaker--a father-to-be--addresses his child-to-be. In his very...
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marychristinedelea
Jul 102 min read
A Parking Lot in West Houston by Monica Youn
A Parking Lot in West Houston by Monica Youn (from her 2003 book, Barter, from Gray Wolf Press) Angels are unthinkable in hot weather...
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marychristinedelea
Jul 72 min read
Bridging the Gap: Prompt
I am a little obsessed with bridges. On drives across country, I will go out of my way in order to cross an old covered bridge miles from...
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marychristinedelea
Jul 72 min read
Women Whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are Money by Joyce Carol Oates
Women Whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are Money by Joyce Carol Oates (published in her 1978 book of the same name, Louisiana State...
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marychristinedelea
Jul 32 min read
Chicago by Carl Sandburg
Chicago by Carl Sandburg HOG Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;...
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