Verse Daily!

"The Sunset District" by Sarah V. Schweig.

Ilya Kaminsky

Also take a look at this guy. He led a workshop at the conference I attended last week. He's big! He's Russian! He's deaf! Also he's an achingly good poet. He'll be reading in Tuscaloosa at the Bama Theatre on Nov 20 at 7:30 p.m.

Theodore Roethke

Better late than never. Here's a little bit about Theodore Roethke. Ted to his friends.

More Prompts: da Vinci Style

1. Write a poem to, for, or about Leonardo. (Be sure to click the link: he had a pretty madcap, zany life.)

2. No, not that Leonardo. Well, come to think of it, why not? Write a poem to, for, or about that Leonardo.

3. Write a poem that has a flying machine in it.

4. Let's turn to Leonardo's fellow Florentine, Dante, and write a poem in terza rima.

5. Finally, write a poem about this extremely famous building in--you guessed it--Florence.

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Some More Prompts

1. Use any or all of the following words in a poem:

• bedlam
• urn
• orphaned
• trussed
• pilgrim

2. Write a poem about this.

3. Or this.

4. Do any of the above in tercets.

5. Do any of the above as a villanelle.

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