Prompt

Childhood Portrait of My Father

Rilke Translation & Prompt

Τhe Union

To the sea
I throw tears 
and curses 
Like a mermaid or 
a pirate

To Ma and Pa

De profundis

So here I am, dearests!
Self-packed 
and delivered
back to your doormat
after a decade of…

Prompt: Speak to Me

I Call You Mama T.L.C.

You are love

Prompt: Speak to Me

“We shall love each other here, if ever at all” — Audre Lorde

Prompt: Song on the End of the World

“What is poetry which does not save nations or people?” — Czeslaw…

Prompt: Ode to Common Things

Poet Pablo Neruda

A little bit of Odin

I’ve brought to life 
so many warriors from lost worlds.
Valkyries have been my mystic angels 
choosing the ones who may…

Prompt: My Country?

“America never was America to me.” Langston Hughes