Good Morning, Starshine--The Earth Says Hello: Prompt
There are so many upcoming celestial events! A total solar eclipse on April 8. Saturn and Mars will appear very close together in the...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 241 min read
Can You Really Title Something with a Question?
Of course you can! Just a smattering: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (science fiction novel) Will You Still Love...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 172 min read
Try a Tritina! Poetry Prompt
Are you wishing to try a form poem but don't know where to start? Are sonnets too stuffy, villanelles too rhyme-y, and sestinas just too...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 101 min read
Movies and Books and Reviews, Oh My!: Prompt
Today's poem on my blog was written in response to a book review. The book, The Letters of Robert Oppenheimer, contains the...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 31 min read
What Does Your Voice Do?: Prompt
In today's blog poem, "A Voice Speaking Out," by Faye Turner-Johnson, the speaker begins by telling us, "I have a voice that roams while"...
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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 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 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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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 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 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 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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marychristinedelea
Nov 26, 20232 min read
Almost heaven, West Virginia: Prompt
Your prompt for this week popped into my head as I looked for a poem to post today from Robert Wood Lynn's incredible collection, Mothman...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 19, 20232 min read
My Love Is Like a Red, Red Sky (From Pollution): Prompt
Craig Santos Perez is one of the best poets writing environmentally-aware poetry these days. His poem posted on my blog today, "Love in a...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 12, 20231 min read
Let's Keep Things Light: Creative Prompt
The last poems posted on my blog, prior to today's post, are all serious and intense and powerful. Each one tells a bit of a woman's...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 5, 20232 min read
Obey the Aubade: Creative Prompt
I have been very interested in aubades lately--both reading and writing them. I think what is drawing me to them is all of the...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 29, 20231 min read
In the News: Prompt
For your inspiration this week, take a headline from the news--don't read the article (unless you really, really want to) and use the...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 22, 20231 min read
Quietly Moving: Creative Prompt
Today's blog poem, A.E. Stringer's "Sunday Morning, Cumberland Gap" conjures up both movement (through space and through time) and...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 15, 20232 min read
All Hallows: Writing Prompt
Louise Glück died on Friday, October 13, 2023, at the age of 80. She grew up in Hewlett, a Nassau County hamlet on Long Island. She...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 8, 20232 min read
Write to the Music: Writing Prompt
As usual (although not always), this week's prompt takes its cue from today's blog poem, Middle-Aged Karaoke by Timothy Houghton. But you...
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