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marychristinedelea
Nov 103 min read
Rape by Adrienne Rich
Rape by Adrienne Rich There is a cop who is both prowler and father: he comes from your block, grew up with your brothers, had certain...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 61 min read
Two loves I have of comfort and despair by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 144 by William Shakespeare Two loves I have of comfort and despair, Which like two spirits do suggest me still: The better angel...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 31 min read
So Many Emotions!: Prompt
Although I am creating this post with photos of 3 pieces of art, this is not an ekphrastic exercise. Rather, I want you to consider how...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 32 min read
America by Claude McKay
America by Claude McKay Although she feeds me bread of bitterness, And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth, Stealing my breath of...
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marychristinedelea
Oct 302 min read
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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marychristinedelea
Sep 291 min read
Flophouse?: Prompt
Does anyone use the term "flophouse" anymore? If you aren't familiar, it is a synonym for a sleazy motel. These places are everywhere and...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 291 min read
Marriage (motel) by Laura McCullough
Marriage (motel) by Laura McCullough (published in Posit , 2018 ) Inland, just west of Atlantic City, old motels stand hunched as if...
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marychristinedelea
Sep 252 min read
The Death of Rachel Carson--April 14, 1964 by Donelle Dreese
The Death of Rachel Carson--April 14, 1964 by Donelle Dreese (published in Canary , Spring, 2017 ) The battle of living things...
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