Eric Kocher is one of the 2024 Rattle Chapbook Prize winners for Sky Mall, which was included for subscribers with our fall issue. He teaches Environmental Studies at Wofford College. Some of his poems have previously appeared in 32 Poems, Boston Review, Gulf Coast, Oversound, and A Public Space, among others. He lives in upstate South Carolina with his wife, Audrey, and their two children, Oscar and Louise.

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This Week’s Prompt:

Write a triolet that includes a bird.

Next Week’s Prompt:

Think of a time you traveled. Write a poem that reimagines that journey but set in a different time period.

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