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Double Dactyl

Our Host Wendy Everard is a high school English teacher and writer living in central New York.  Her role as mother and teacher has given her plenty to write about since she started writing personal narrative and poetry, lifelong hobbies that were reignited when she …

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Mondegreen

Our Host Katrina teaches English and German in a rural community in Osage County, Oklahoma. She has worked in education her entire career. This is her 18th year in the classroom. She has a master’s degree in Higher Education Leadership from Northeastern State University. In …

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Looking Back to Look Forward

Our Host: James Coats James is a guitarist, writer, and 4-star cheesecake baker (according to his wife). He was recently published in the Poet’s Choice collection of supernatural poetry, Paranormal, and will be featured in an upcoming edition of the zine Black Stone/White Stone. This …

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Fill In the Blanks

Welcome. All are welcome to participate in the 5-day Open Write — from one day to all days, depending on your schedule. There are no set rules for the length of a poem, and you are free to modify or reject the prompts as you …

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Letter to My Younger Self

Welcome. All are welcome to participate in the 5-day Open Write — from one day to all days, depending on your schedule. There are no set rules for the length of a poem, and you are free to modify or reject the prompts as you …

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Line Breaks

Welcome. All are welcome to participate in the 5-day Open Write — from one day to all days, depending on your schedule. There are no set rules for the length of a poem, and you are free to modify or reject the prompts as you …

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Mash-up

Welcome. All are welcome to participate in the 5-day Open Write — from one day to all days, depending on your schedule. There are no set rules for the length of a poem, and you are free to modify or reject the prompts as you …

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Elfchen

Welcome. All are welcome to participate in the 5-day Open Write — from one day to all days, depending on your schedule. There are no set rules for the length of a poem, and you are free to modify or reject the prompts as you …

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Wednesdays Are for Naani Poems

A very special thank you to our January Open Write Hosts: Anna J. Small Roseboro, Dave Wooley, Larin Wade, and Leilya Pitre. We are so grateful for your care with our words and hearts. We hope that you will write with us again in February …

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Seeing Beyond the Surface

Welcome. All are welcome to participate in the 5-day Open Write — from one day to all days, depending on your schedule. There are no set rules for the length of a poem, and you are free to modify or reject the prompts as you …