The Halloween Party by Aidan Mathews
The Halloween Party by Aidan Mathews (published in The Irish Times , October 29, 2022 ) I hoist a knitted skeleton on a drip-stand in...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 271 min read
Letting Go: Prompt
We all need to let go of something or someone. (Hey, "The Raven" speaker! Let go of Lenore!). It is easy to talk about, even plan, but...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 275 min read
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 232 min read
Early October Snow by Robert Haight
Early October Snow by Robert Haight (published in his 2013 book, Feeding Wild Birds , from Mayapple Press) It will not stay. But this...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 202 min read
Dish of Mashed Peas by Susan Terris
Dish of Mashed Peas by Susan Terris (published in her 2019 book, Familiar Tense , and can also be found here on her website) Some...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 201 min read
Green with Envy: Prompt
First, you should really read today's poem on my blog. If you are not a "nana" person, you may be jealous of how those folks get through...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 162 min read
Every Body Lies by A.E. Hines
Every Body Lies by A.E. Hines (published in his 2021 book, Any Dumb Animal , from Main Street Rag Press) That’s what it says on her...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 132 min read
What's Your Sign?: Prompt
As a Capricorn, I am ambitious, loyal, responsible, honest, determined, pessimistic, sensitive, practical, and suspicious. Part of my...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 132 min read
Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 93 min read
Onions by William Matthews
Onions by William Matthews (published in his Selected Poems and Translations, 1969-1991 , Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992) How...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 61 min read
Love and Death: Prompt
Use today's wonderful poem posted here on my blog, During an Enchantment in the Life by Brenda Hillman, for your inspiration today. She...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 62 min read
During an Enchantment in the Life by Brenda Hillman
During an Enchantment in the Life by Brenda Hillman (published in her 2022 book, In a Few Minutes Before Later (Wesleyan University ...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 22 min read
Birds in Cemeteries by George Kalogeris
Birds in Cemeteries by George Kalogeris (published in NOR 11, Spring 2012 ) It must be the shade that draws them. Or else the grass....
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