Joshua Mensch is a poet, visual artist, and a founding editor of the literary journal B O D Y. He grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada, and lives in Prague, Czech Republic. His first book, Because: A Lyric Memoir, was published in May 2018 by W.W. Norton and was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award in Poetry.

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This Week’s Prompt:

Write and epistolary poem (a letter) to someone you are thankful for.

Next Week’s Prompt:

Write a poem that addresses a pain from childhood, and use a refrain.

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