What’s Beyond the Horizon of Your Obsession?
Take a deep dive into your obsession with this poetry prompt from Luther Hughes.
soMoana
e in couplets (two-line stanzas) and cannot include the words, “call,” “calls,” “obsession,” “live,” or “sea." In addition, your poem must contain the following:
ThisMoana
you
A Shiver in the Leavesavailable for preorder
Luther Hughes is the author of the debut poetry collection, A Shiver in the Leaves, forthcoming from BOA Editions in September 2022, and the chapbook Touched (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2018), recommended by the American Library Association. He is the founder of Shade Literary Arts, an organization for queer writers of color, and co-hosts The Poet Salon podcast. Recipient of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship and 92Y Discovery Poetry Prize, his writing has been published in American Poetry Review, Paris Review, The Seattle Times, Orion, and more. He was born and raised in Seattle, where he currently lives.
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