My first poem of 2017…
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The manifesto (a poem)
An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Yang Xiaobin’s photograph, Deng-ism.
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The unexamined life (a poem)
Inspired by a variety of social media posts and memes.
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Blackberry still life (a poem)
The October 27th prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, involves using the first line of Sylvia Plath’s poem ‘Blackberrying’ as the first line of a poem, and, if possible, including the word ‘blackberries’ in the last line or referencing Sylvia Plath in the title of the poem.