A.E. Hines’s debut collection, Any Dumb Animal, received Honorable Mention in the North Carolina Poetry Society’s 2022 Brockman-Campbell Book contest, and was a daVinci Eye finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book award. His poems have been widely published in anthologies and literary journals, including more recently: Rattle, Alaska Quarterly Review, The Southern Review, Rhino, Ninth Letter, The Missouri Review, Poet Lore, The Greensboro Review, and I-70 Review. He is currently pursuing his MFA in Writing at Pacific University.

Find much more here:

https://www.aehines.net/

In the second hour, we'll be joined by special guest Ron Koertge, who returns to share a few poems from new book, I Dreamed I Was Emily Dickinson's Boyfriend.

http://www.ronkoertge.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.

For links to all the past episodes, visit:

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This Week’s Prompt:

Go to a newspaper of your choice. Find a headline you find completely uninteresting. Read the entire article and let your mind wander. Write a poem about where it went. Title it with a phrase from the article.

Next Week’s Prompt:

Write a poem about a phone call you wouldn’t actually make.

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