liberation

final poem of the month! write a poem about something that happens again and again i can only do something small the ripple still reaches the shore when we meet […]

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duty (assata)

take one of your favorite poems and find a very specific, concrete noun in it. For example, if your favorite poem is this verse of Emily Dickinson’s, you might choose […]

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two feet

Write a poem using Skeltonic verse. Don’t worry, there are no skeletons involved. Rather, Skeltonic verse gets its name from John Skelton, a fifteenth-century English poet who pioneered the use […]

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on my tongue

write a poem that explores your sense of taste a tin cup at my lip, a copper penny hidden in my cheek cold water overflowing my mouth and I’m thirsty […]

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detritus

Have you ever heard someone wonder what future archaeologists, whether human or from alien civilization, will make of us? Today, I’d like to challenge you to answer that question in […]

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scribble

write a poem of ekphrasis — that is, a poem inspired by a work of art. But I’d also like to challenge you to base your poem on a very […]

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full of blood

write a poem that incorporates overheard speech. “she was full of blood” she was pulsing and messy lying easily to her masters pretty faced, and wet between the thighs she […]

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