Alan Shapiro has published many books of poetry and prose, including Reel to Reel, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Night of the Republic, finalist for both the National Book Award and the International Griffin Prize, The Dead Alive and Busy, winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award, and Mixed Company, winner of the LA Times Book Prize. His new books of poetry, Proceed to Check Out, and By and By, were published in 2022 and 2023 respectively. He now lives in New England.

Find Proceed to Checkout here:

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo130500563.html

Find By and By here:

https://waywiser-press.com/product/by-and-by/

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This Week’s Prompt:

Write an ode to something that doesn’t conform to typical ode topics and begins with an epigraph.

Next Week’s Prompt:

Write a poem set in a place you’ve always dreamed of going to but never have. Allude to all the basic senses.

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