Completed 30 poems in 30 days for the Tupelo 30/30 Project. Below is the last poem draft of mine from the series, a cento. #poetry #independentpress

Try this writing prompt! Or check out the classic examples of villanelles below. My students at Marygrove Children’s Home especially enjoyed reading “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop.
Check out my poem in the article as well, titled, “Having It All: An Elegy.”

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A cento from @tupelopress.bsky.social 30/30 Project. Lines from the poems of
Gwendolyn Brooks

Allen Worth

Cathy Park Hong

Sch’erica Wilson

Emily Dickinson

Hart Crane

Patick Gutierrez

Gerald Burton

Apollo Chastain

Join me as I attempt to write 30 poems in 30 days for the Tupelo Press 30/30 Project!

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I was honored to have a poem of mine included in The American Scholar's "Next Line Please" by David Lehman! You can check it out here and even participate in the next competition for "poem of the week."
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There's still time to register for the
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I'm excited to have a new poem published in Issue 90 of Bellingham Review. Thank you for all your work, @bellinghamreview.bsky.social !

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