Week 40

• Oct. 01: "Surrendering September" (prose)
• Oct. 02: "Vigil" (prose)
• Oct. 03: "Following Theater" (prose)
• Oct. 04: "Representing America" (prose)
• Oct. 05: "Straightjacket" (prose)
• Oct. 06: "A Poet's Wish" (prose)
• Oct. 07: "Exploring Heaven" (prose)

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Week 39

• Sep. 24: "De Troit" (prose)
• Sep. 25: "The Seed of Substance" (prose)
• Sep. 26: "Squashed" (prose)
• Sep. 27: "Silver" (prose)
• Sep. 28: "How Poetry Thinks" (prose)
• Sep. 29: "Just One More" (prose)
• Sep. 30: "Vestibule" (prose)

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Week 38

• Sep. 17: "My Home on My Shoulders" (prose)
• Sep. 18: "Notes on the Contributors" (prose)
• Sep. 19: "The Day the World Changed" (prose)
• Sep. 20: "Gathering Ghosts" (prose)
• Sep. 21: "Flicker" (prose)
• Sep. 22: "What's On?" (prose)
• Sep. 23: "Back She Turns" (prose)

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Week 37

• Sep. 10: "The Art of Numbers" (prose)
• Sep. 11: "Dinner Belles" (prose)
• Sep. 12: "The Backward Man" (prose)
• Sep. 13: "Gray Dreams" (prose)
• Sep. 14: "Catering to the Muse" (prose)
• Sep. 15: "Epiphany" (prose)
• Sep. 16: "Passing Between" (prose)

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Week 36

• Sep. 03: "Lost Boys" (prose)
• Sep. 04: "Questions for Saturday" (prose)
• Sep. 05: "Frozen" (prose)
• Sep. 06: "Walking Without Direction" (prose)
• Sep. 07: "Kicking Myself" (prose)
• Sep. 08: "Looking" (prose)
• Sep. 09: "Like Breathing" (prose)

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Week 35

• Aug. 27: "Letting Out" (prose)
• Aug. 28: "Perigee" (prose)
• Aug. 29: "Eggshells" (prose)
• Aug. 30: "Bench" (prose)
• Aug. 31: "Always Yes" (verse)
• Sep. 01: "A Thinner Skin" (prose)
• Sep. 02: "Column" (prose)

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Week 26

• June 25: "Morning Bloom" (prose)
• June 26: "Pillar" (prose)
• June 27: "Left" (prose)
• June 28: "Harvest" (prose)
• June 29: "Exhibit" (prose)
• June 30: "Curating Home" (prose)
• July 01: "Half" (prose)

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Week 25

• June 18: "P.A." (prose)
• June 19: "Heartless" (prose)
• June 20: "Long Days" (prose)
• June 21: "Where Next?" (prose)
• June 22: (none)
• June 23: "Vacation" (prose)
• June 24: "Nervous Wreck" (prose)

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Week 24

• June 11: "Table and Cage" (prose)
• June 12: "A Pale Truck" (prose)
• June 13: "The Tide" (verse)
• June 14: "Pedestal" (prose)
• June 15: "Green" (prose)
• June 16: "Interruption" (prose)
• June 17: "Against the Calm" (haiku)

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Week 23

• June 04: "Shrouded" (prose)
• June 05: "Center" (prose)
• June 06: "Virtuosity" (prose)
• June 07: "Return" (prose)
• June 08: "Flash Bang" (prose)
• June 09: "RSVP" (prose)
• June 10: "Root and Stem" (prose)

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Week 22

• May 28: "Undertow" (prose)
• May 29: "Fire and Ice" (prose)
• May 30: "To Do" (prose)
• May 31: "Undressed" (prose/exercise)
• May 31: "Aftermath" (prose/exercise)
• May 31: "Saturday" (prose/exercise)
• June 01: "First Hunger" (prose/exercise)
• June 01: "Orange" (prose/exercise)
• June 01: "The Whisper of Wolves" (prose/exercise)
• June 02: "Quarter Moon" (prose/exercise)
• June 02: "Twice Lost" (prose/exercise)
• June 03: "38 Stairs" (prose)

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Week 21

• May 21: "November" (prose/exercise)
• May 22: "The Lion on the Bus" (prose)
• May 23: "Summer Windows" (prose)
• May 24: "Return to Zero" (prose)
• May 25: "Opportunity for a Poem" (prose)
• May 26: "The Drift" (prose)
• May 27: "Post-Moving Syndrome" (prose)

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Week 20

• May 14: "Haggard's Shore" (verse)
• May 15: "Right Out of the Box" (prose)
• May 16: "Give Me Trials" (verse)
• May 17: "B-A-Y C-I-T-Y L-U-V" (prose)
• May 18: "The Sparrow Waits" (prose)
• May 19: "Left, Right, and Turn" (prose)
• May 20: "The Reef of Drums" (prose)

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Week 19

• May 07: (none)
• May 08: "Losing My Pen" (prose)
• May 09: "Eleven Fifty-Nine" (verse)
• May 10: "Amateur Night" (prose)
• May 11: "Odometer" (prose)
• May 12: "Marathon" (prose)
• May 13: "The Best Laid Floor Plans" (prose)

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Week 18

• Apr. 30: "Through 2500" (prose/exercise)
• May 01: "The Box" (prose/exercises)
• May 02: "Meander" (verse)
• May 03: "Mirage" (prose)
• May 04: "Burying Paradise" (prose)
• May 05: "Dismantled" (prose)
• May 06: "Dreaming of Each Other" (prose)

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Week 17

• Apr. 23: "Rain Dance" (prose)
• Apr. 24: "Broken Cord" (prose)
• Apr. 25: "The Branch" (prose)
• Apr. 26: "Fundamentally Nothing" (prose)
• Apr. 27: "Dogwood" (haiku)
• Apr. 27: "Dogwood II" (prose)
• Apr. 28: "Two Cents" (prose)
• Apr. 29: "High Sierra" (prose)

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Week 16

• Apr. 16: "Writing at Night" (prose)
• Apr. 17: "In Lieu of Sleep" (prose)
• Apr. 18: "Not I" (prose)
• Apr. 19: "Dry" (prose)
• Apr. 20: "Prone" (prose/humor)
• Apr. 21: "Called to Rise" (prose)
• Apr. 22: "Why She Comes" (prose)

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Week 15

• Apr. 09: "Changes of Scenery" (prose exercise)
• Apr. 10: "Office" (prose)
• Apr. 11: "Hiding From Harry" (prose/humor)
• Apr. 12: "Eavesdropping" (prose/humor)
• Apr. 13: "Stains" (prose)
• Apr. 14: "Purpleclip" (prose/humor)
• Apr. 15: "Mew!" (prose/humor)

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Week 14

• Apr. 02: "Examination" (prose)
• Apr. 03: "Rain With Benefits" (prose)
• Apr. 04: "There I Will Shine" (prose)
• Apr. 05: "Cloud Study" (prose)
• Apr. 06: "Last Rights and Wrongs" (prose)
• Apr. 07: "Always a Valley" (prose)
• Apr. 08: "Shoreline Diner" (prose)

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Week 13

• Mar. 26: "Spring and Fall" (prose exercise)
• Mar. 27: "Late" (prose)
• Mar. 28: "The Other Seasons" (prose)
• Mar. 29: "Sitting Up" (prose)
• Mar. 30: "Ninety-Two Dots" (prose)
• Mar. 31: "Wake Them" (prose)
• Apr. 01: "Splash" (prose)

Week 12: Curtain

• Mar. 19: "The Vandal" (prose)
• Mar. 20: "Whispering to Myself" (prose)
• Mar. 21: "The Battle for the Terrarium" (experimental)
• Mar. 22: "The Jungles of the Moon" (prose)
• Mar. 23: "Sunday Afternoon" (prose)
• Mar. 24: "Eloquent" (prose)
• Mar. 25: "The Giant's Passing" (prose)

Week 11: Cages

• Mar. 12: "E-mail from Teresa" (prose)
• Mar. 13: "Footsteps at Midnight" (prose)
• Mar. 14: "I Do" (prose)
• Mar. 15: "Hiding on the Hill" (prose)
• Mar. 16: "Just Nothing" (prose) *Mild adult language
• Mar. 17: "Shell Game" (prose)
• Mar. 18: "The Interest of a Breath" (prose)

Week 10: X

• Mar. 05: "The Bitter Quill" (verse)
• Mar. 06: "Joining the Stars" (prose)
• Mar. 07: "Eastridge" (prose)
• Mar. 08: "X" (verse)
• Mar. 09: "Bosco" (haiku)
• Mar. 10: "Mettle" (prose)
• Mar. 11: "Sailing Past He" (prose)

Week 9: List

• Feb. 26: "The Sect of the Flame" (prose)
• Feb. 27: "Forming the Moon" (verse)
• Feb. 28: "Legion" (prose)
• Mar. 01: "Wicked" (verse)
• Mar. 02: "The Long, Long Road" (prose)
• Mar. 03: "Taller" (prose)
• Mar. 04: "Sabbatical" (prose)

Week 8: Pressed

• Feb. 19: "The Second Path" (prose)
• Feb. 20: "Parking Lot High" (prose)
• Feb. 21: "Utopia Myopia" (prose)
• Feb. 22: "Unknown" (prose)
• Feb. 23: "Braving the Rain" (prose)
• Feb. 24: "Poking Roget" (prose)
• Feb. 25: "Unjustified" (prose)

Week 7: Fugue

• Feb. 12: "Wake Up Call" (prose)
• Feb. 13: "And Seeing the Pin" (prose)
• Feb. 14: "Cell Phone" (prose)
• Feb. 15: "The Matter of the Cat" (prose)
• Feb. 16: "Aunt Nora's Gift to Poetry" (prose/humor)
• Feb. 17: "The Biography of the Box" (prose)
• Feb. 18: "Lake Mead" (prose)

Week 6: Schism

• Feb. 05: "What Big Teeth" (verse)
• Feb. 06: "Doodle" (prose)
• Feb. 07: "Their Guise of Innocence" (verse - late)
• Feb. 08: "Disclaimer" (slam prose) *Adult Language
• Feb. 09: "Fickle Moon" (prose)
• Feb. 10: "The Second World" (prose)
• Feb. 11: "The Ocean Door" (prose)

Week 5: Half Alive

• Jan. 29: "72 Hours" (prose)
• Jan. 30: "48 Hours" (prose)
• Jan. 31: "24 Hours" (prose)
• Feb. 01: "Anticipating Spring" (prose)
• Feb. 02: "Anticipating Spring II" (prose)
• Feb. 03: "Break" (prose)
• Feb. 04: "An Early Roar" (prose)

Week 4: A Leap

• Jan. 22: "Waiting" (prose)
• Jan. 23: "A Subtle Line" (prose)
• Jan. 24: "How It Is Done" (prose)
• Jan. 25: "The Muse's Bait" (prose)
• Jan. 26: "San Joaquin" (prose)
• Jan. 27: "The World of Tomorrow, Today" (prose)
• Jan. 28: "What Remains" (prose)

Week 3: A Skip

• Jan. 15: "Little Bites" (prose)
• Jan. 16: "Lost at Sea" (poem)
• Jan. 17: "Grandma Alice" (prose)
• Jan. 18: "What the Critics Would Say" (prose/humor)
• Jan. 19: "Sushi" (prose)
• Jan. 20: "One Side Rises" (prose)
• Jan. 21: "Long Weekend" (poem)

Week 2: A Step

• Jan. 08: "The Invention of You" (poem/humor)
• Jan. 09: "Between Lives" (prose)
• Jan. 10: "Why We Eat Them Raw" (prose)
• Jan. 11: "Brief, Our Joy" (prose)
• Jan. 12: "Ode to My Elbow" (prose)
• Jan. 12: "Feeling Compelled" (ode)
• Jan. 13: "Pulling Back" (prose)
• Jan. 14: "That Time" (prose)

Week 1: Debut

• Jan. 01: "Wildfire" (prose)
• Jan. 02: "How Was Your Day?" (prose)
• Jan. 02: "Fallacy" (dark poem)
• Jan. 03: "Bonsai" (prose)
• Jan. 04: "Breath" (prose)
• Jan. 05: "A Block of Nothing" (poem/humor)
• Jan. 06: "As Apple, So Star" (prose)
• Jan. 07: "Saving the Day" (prose)