Chris Anderson was the featured interviewee in our Poets of Faith issue, Rattle #45. Anderson is a recently retired professor of English at Oregon State University, a poet, a retreat leader, and a Catholic deacon. He is the author, co-author, or editor of over a dozen books, including books of literary criticism, textbooks, a book of essays, a memoir, and two books of poetry. His most recent book, Light When It Comes, is a mixture of homilies and poems. His weekly homilies often include poetry and are available by email subscription on his website.

For more, visit:

https://deaconchrisanderson.com/

As always, we'll also include live open lines for responses to our weekly prompt or any other poems you'd like to share. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.

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This Week's Prompt:

Write a demi-sonnet.

Next Week’s Prompt:

On the elevator, a stranger says something unexpected.

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