Lexi Pelle is a poet and editor living in New Jersey. She was the winner of the 2022 Jack McCarthy Book Prize, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and a finalist for the Prufer Poetry Prize, Crosswinds Poetry Prize and the Marvin Bell Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in issue 81 of Rattle, Poets Respond, Ninth Letter, SWWIM, Sucarnochee Review, and The Shore.

Find more on Lexi here:

https://www.lexipelle.org/

As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.

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This Week’s Prompt:

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

Next Week’s Prompt:

Recall a time that you acted poorly during winter, and write a poem that crafts a different resolution to the incident.

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