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One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise.
Cradle
Meagan Sexton
I feel storm-woven into exhale,
loud rage of drum
preludes river current tears.
Lightening unlids origami eyes—
folded corners open
as wings of swan
take flight to the light.
Repression dissipates with release—
we speak in tongue of stardust,
tender bouts of longing lift by sigh.
Fingertips brush skin
in feathered silence;
this sheen of want
cocoons stability.
I rain
in contemporary know,
a rumble of reached echo
held like the breath of reason;
a cradle of taut vision.
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I’m filling the next chapter of One Poem Only and would love to include your work. Send me the poem you wrote and want the world to hear. New this round: if you’d like to read your own poem on the podcast, you can. No need for a perfect studio recording—just a clear audio file recorded in a quiet space. If you choose this option, you’ll submit your poem and an audio file of you reading it. Submissions close Thursday, July 30. I’ll respond by August 12. Whether I read your poem or you read it yourself, I’d love to hear what you’re ready to share.
