http://slow.writerscafe.org/markmac The original writings of author Mark MacDonald en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776368822 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 A lyric for our women serving in combat. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1186718/ A poem about the possibility of the memory of stones. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1178906/ A 'blank sonnet' based on the pioneer experience http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1177299/ A twenty one line riff on the process of becoming a poet. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1171398/ A love poem. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1168149/ A brief dramatic monologue from Persephone, Goddess of Spring and the wife of Hades. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1168143/ Inspired by Baudelaire's Le fleur de mal, this poem suggests an alternate and darker view of the art of poetry. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1168141/ This poem takes a somewhat contrary view of what poetry is and is not. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1167808/ This one is just for fun. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1167595/ This is a poem inspired by the photography of Joy Frangiosa http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1167591/ A friend once challenged me to write about exotic places in times other than our own. This is one of those poems http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1167585/ This poem is inspired by Frederico Garcia Lorca's essay "Duende" wherein he explains the essential elements of Spanish art. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1167581/ Again, this poem is part of a sequence I am writing about the life that goes on beneath our feet, the poetry of those things underground. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1167571/ "Scavenger" is a result of my recent interest in the world beneath our feet and the agents of decay. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/markmac/1167541/