Welcome to this week’s featured writing prompt.
Create a piece (short story, poem, etc.) inspired by this excerpt from the poem Loba: Parts I-VIII by Diana DiPrima:
“like pearls
in the road
she
dances”
Enjoy! and don’t forget to post your finished work in the comments section (optional).
About Melissa Corliss DelorenzoMelissa Corliss DeLorenzo is a writer, reader, yogini (when she can squeeze it in), mom, part-time Office Manager, a homemaker and the writer of The Writer’s Life blog. She loves to cook and take long walks with her kids and is a woman who wants to meaningfully exchange and intersect with other women writers. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Currently she works at a web development company (because part-time Office Manager buys more groceries than Struggling Writer). She is at work on a novel and a short story collection. Melissa lives in North Central Massachusetts with her family.
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