The Totally Optional Prompt is 'Poem to the Editor'

It's nice that we poets read each other's stuff but it's even better to get published to a new audience, and that's why a 'Poem to the Editor' is important to me.

The challenge is to write a letter to the editor. To get the letter published the title should make the subject clear, it should express an opinion, have a novel approach to the issue, and have a clever or humorous twist at the end.

This time I'm going to write about attending the Washington Democratic Caucus. Since the candidates haven't already been selected it's the first time in decades our caucus has meant anything, it's like being in Iowa or New Hampshire, the 'always first' states. If the poem's any good I'm going to send mine in to National Public Radio or Washington Week (PBS), along with the blog URL of course.

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Remarks on the prompt, your latest poetry discovery, or this 'poetry exchange' blog can be made as comments to this posting. Late Wednesday night, between one rerun and another, I'll post a Request For Poems, where you can leave a link to your poem inspired by the prompt, or any other poem you want to share.