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marychristinedelea
Jul 3, 20221 min read
Mrs. Buddha Calls on Mrs. God by Patricia McMillen
Mrs. Buddha Calls on Mrs. God by Patricia McMillen published in New Ohio Review, 2000 Tea or coffee? asks Mrs. God, hopeful for an excuse...
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marychristinedelea
Jun 29, 20221 min read
Since Nine O'Clock by C.P. Cavafy
Since Nine O’Clock by Constantine P. Cavafy Half past twelve. Time has gone by quickly since nine o'clock when I lit the lamp and sat...
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marychristinedelea
Jun 26, 20221 min read
Second Person: Poetry Prompt
Read Catherine Klatzker's award-winning poem in today's other blog post. Then, write a poem in second person. Although you should write...
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marychristinedelea
Jun 26, 20222 min read
What It Was Like by Catherine Klatzker
What It Was Like by Catherine Klatzker published in Split This Rock 2016, 2nd Prize in their Abortion Rights Poetry Contest The world...
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marychristinedelea
Jun 22, 20222 min read
The Tool Shed by Kasey Jueds
The Tool Shed by Kasey Jueds published in Superstition Review How can I explain the way I kept coming back—to that box of trapped shadows...
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marychristinedelea
Jun 19, 20221 min read
The Heat Is On: Poetry Prompt
With climate change making our weather less hospitable and a heat wave roasting much of the planet, heat is on my mind. And it is the...
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marychristinedelea
Jun 19, 20221 min read
Four Definitions For the Use of Time by Carolyn Moore
Four Definitions For the Use of Time by Carolyn Moore published in Cider Press Review 1 Your book club neighbor chats across the fence of...
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marychristinedelea
Jun 15, 20221 min read
Moths & Origami Children by Ojo Taiye
Moths & Origami Children by Ojo Taiye published in Whale Road Review, Winter 2018 i taste my mother’s sickness in my mouth & analyze the...
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marychristinedelea
Jun 12, 20221 min read
Master of Disaster: Poetry Prompt
Disasters happen daily, but unless they are especially horrific, international, or deadly, we might not hear about them. In our online...
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marychristinedelea
Jun 12, 20222 min read
The Man-Moth by Elizabeth Bishop
The Man Moth by Elizabeth Bishop published in The Complete Poems, 1926-1979 Man-Moth: Newspaper misprint for “mammoth.” Here, above,...
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marychristinedelea
Jun 8, 20221 min read
The Empty Pool by Sue Ellen Thompson
The Empty Pool by Sue Ellen Thompson published in The Summerset Review, Spring 2010 This is the place where my sisters and I lay all...
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marychristinedelea
Jun 5, 20221 min read
Who Do You Love?: Poetry Prompt
Today's poem on my blog is called "Love Poem," but it is not a Hallmark card sentiment. No cliche images of hearts, no angsty desires...
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marychristinedelea
Jun 5, 20221 min read
Love Poem by Margot Wizansky
Love Powm by Margot Wizansky published in Poetry East, 2004 All winter you contract-- one tiller, one boat, one bay, one light that shows...
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marychristinedelea
Jun 1, 20221 min read
Good Fences by Dana Sonnenschein
Good Fences Wolf Conservation Center, NY by Dana Sonnenschein published in Kosmos Journal Something there is that doesn’t love a wall—...
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marychristinedelea
May 29, 20221 min read
Four Definitions: Poetry Prompt
To follow this writing prompt in the strictest sense, define four in 4 different ways. If you would like more inspiration, Google Four...
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marychristinedelea
May 29, 20221 min read
Seventeen Funerals by Richard Blanco
Seventeen Funerals by Richard Blanco Poetry Foundation Seventeen suns rising in seventeen bedroom windows. Thirty-four eyes blooming open...
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marychristinedelea
May 25, 20221 min read
Nostalgia for a House in Turda, Romania by Gabriela Suarez
Nostalgia for a House in Turda, Romania by Gabriela Suarez published in Sliver of Stone, Issue 1, 2010 I rest my cheek on the peeling...
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marychristinedelea
May 22, 20221 min read
Small Town News: Poetry Prompt
Please read today's posted poem, Séance, before trying this prompt or reading on. {little dance while I wait for you to read Séance}...
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marychristinedelea
May 22, 20222 min read
Séance by Brennan Bestwick
Séance by Brennan Bestwick published in Thrush, September 2016 A round of robins carries the drowned boys up into the cedars. They drape...
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marychristinedelea
May 18, 20221 min read
Work by Robert King
Work by Robert King published in Rattle, Summer 2008 The workmen over and above the fence fit bricks, lift mortar, slap it accurately in...
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