Dick Westheimer and his wife and writing companion, Debbie, have lived on their plot of land in rural southwest Ohio for over 40 years. A regular at the Rattlecast open mic, his poems have appeared several times in Rattle's Poets Respond series, and he was a finalist for the 2021 Rattle Poetry Prize. Other poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Paterson Review, Whale Road Review, Minyan, Gyroscope Review, and Cutthroat. His debut collection, A Sword in Both Hands: Poems Responding to Russia’s War on Ukraine, was just released by Sheila-Na-Gig.

Find more on Dick Westheimer here:

https://dickwestheimer.com/

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This Week’s Prompt:

Write a series of small poems as journal entries this week. Each day, write about a detail that you would want your future self to remember.

Next Week’s Prompt:

Pick a noun, either randomly or with intention. Write a poem that includes that noun in every line.

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