Jane Zwart teaches literature and writing at Calvin University, where she also co-directs the Calvin Center for Faith & Writing. Her poems have appeared widely in periodicals, including Poetry, The Poetry Review, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, and Threepenny Review. Her first book, Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Best, was just released from Orison Books.

Find more info here:

https://www.janezwart.com/

As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. Submit your poems through Submittable by midnight Sunday for a chance to be invited:

https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/269309/rattlecast-prompt-poems-online

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This Week’s Prompt:

Write a poem which confesses something that’s secretly seasonal to you, but not so much to others.

Next Week’s Prompt:

Write a poem about a time you couldn’t keep the correct time straight. Include at least one temporal shift.

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