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Celebrating Living Poets: David Gate

This month during the Slice of Life Challenge at http://www.twowritingteachers.org, I’m celebrating a different living poet each day and using their work to create a cento poem. David Gate is a poet who lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Asheville, North Carolina and writes predominantly on themes of nature and the environment. You can read more about David Gate here and here.

When the Baby Goats are Dying

People say “money doesn’t make you happy”

when the baby goats are dying.

It tells you nothing.

They say to “stay strong.”

I always do.

Lines for this Cento were taken from: The Problem of Happiness; I Still Get to Be Yours; Curse these Minutes; Stay Strong; Winter’s Insistence

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Celebrating Living Poets: Hannah Rosenberg

The living poet I’m celebrating on this 19th day of The Slice of Life Challenge at Twowritingteachers.org is Hannah Rosenberg. She is the author of the collection entitled Same, containing poems from which I am using her existing lines to create an original Cento poem.

You can read more about Hannah Rosenberg on her website. Or, follow her on Instagram at @hannarowrites. You can also read this interview to learn more about Hannah.

Souls of Women

My life is filled with the souls of women.

They made pasta and Alfredo sauce, bought chips,

building a life we knew was fleeting.

It’s nice to know there are people out there, even if they are not.

Taken from: Marriage of Friends; Once Upon a Time in an Apartment in Boston; Roommates in my Twenties; Always at Home with Them.

A Sneak peek of living poets Days 11-20
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Celebrating Living Poets: Glenis Redmond

As I prepared for a celebration of living poets for each day of the month of March, I was looking for a short collection of poems about place and nature. I found one on state parks in South Carolina in this ultra-compact book that looks like an appetizer but satisfies like a meal. This collection, The Song of Everything, is special because of the way it was written. Meet Glenis Redmond, the living poet I’m celebrating today.

You can read about Glenis Redmond here. This is a short collection of poems she wrote as she took her grandson on a tour of South Carolina’s State Parks as she battled cancer. Together, they visited these parks as she wrote poems to document their journey and time together. She is a cancer survivor. I’m using the lines of poems throughout her collection to create a cento poem.

Paint the Town Green

I want to paint the town green.

I never turn down an invitation.

Glazed eyes, I go into a poem

in sync with the song of everything.

Lines for this Cento were taken from these poems, in this order: Greener; Head in the Clouds; How Nature Calls Me; This is How We Do It

A sneak peek of Living Poets Days 10-20

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Celebrating Living Poets: Marcela Sulak

We are at Day 6 – – almost a week into the Slice of Life Challenge for 2026, which runs all of March. This month, I’m celebrating a different living poet each day by using their collections to create a Cento poem; I take existing lines and weave them into a new “original” poem by mixing them in new ways. I first learned of Marcela Sulak through The Stafford Challenge last year, and today I’m using The Fault to create a Cento poem.

You can read about Marcela Sulak here and here.

O’er the Mill, a Rampart in Bloom

This morning on the bridge across the ancient mills

a tiny rampart is born

an orchestra of spontaneity. Please

allow that it’s supposed to be in bloom.

Lines from the Cento were taken from (in this order): To Listen One Must Love Seeds; Rampart; The Nest; Brazen