Shownotes
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.
Nov 3 - Naked by Danielle Martin @cosquelle.mind on Instagram. DanielleM on Facebook. Her book, Kissing Shadows: Caribbean Love Poems, is out now.
Nov 4 - Poetry Reading by Maggie Devers
Nov 5 - Her Absence by Katrina Kaye @poetkatrinakaye on Instagram. You can read more of her poetry on her website poetkatrinakaye.com. You can see me read Her Absence @rembrandts.cure on Instagram.
Nov 6 - you wrote anyway by Abhilasha Ghosh @abhilaxxa on Instagram. Her bookstagram is @booksandbillis .
Nov 7 - Nightmares are dreams too by Dimple Dinesh Lokhande @dimple_writes07 on Instagram. Her poems are featured in the poetry anthology, Words Of Escape, of which she is a co-author.
Nov 8 - "Dear death" by Alexis M Levine @alexandrathepoett on Instagram.
Nov 9
The prompt was to write
Maggie Devers
A seven word poem about your mother
I wrote it in my dream and
It had evaporated when I woke up
But I did dream of my daughter
As a newborn asleep on my chest.
The smell at her crown was there,
And her little chest rose the same
And I was a new mother again.
I have carried the feeling all day
Thinking how our children hold us close
When their tiny hand grips our finger
I think of my mother and know
For her, seven words are not enough.
More from Maggie Devers ↓
Mentioned in this episode:
Write After: National Poetry Month with One Poem Only
Write After is a way to encourage poets to listen and write, and use National Poetry Month to highlight how listening to poetry makes us better poets. I know I write the best when I’m surrounded by beautiful poetry–it’s part of the reason I created this podcast, and I want to encourage others to share this practice.
We'll get started in April. You can share to #WriteAfterOPO.
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