"Poetry is my first love. Whenever I get stuck writing, I stop and find a poem and read it aloud...."

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Poetry is my first love. Whenever I get stuck writing, I stop and find a poem and read it aloud. This helps me hear the rhythms of the language. It helps me jump start my own work. 

Today’s Writing Prompt: Go to poets.org and find a poem (it’s free!) and read it aloud. Then take a line from the poem as your prompt and make it your first or last line. Write for 10 minutes, then title the poem ‘How to Crack an Egg.’

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Devi S. Laskar is a native of Chapel Hill, N.C., and holds an MFA from Columbia University. The Atlas of Reds and Blues—winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and the Crook’s Corner Book Prize—is her first novel. It was selected by The Georgia Center for the Book as a book “All Georgians Should Read” and named by The Washington Post as one of the best books of 2019. A former newspaper reporter, Laskar is now a poet, photographer and novelist.

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