Shownotes
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.
Jul 7 - worlds without blueprints by Paper Trail Poetry @paper_trail_poetry on Instagram
Jul 8 - Fringford Brook by Violet Jacob
Jul 9 - The Eagle with Blue Feathers by Kimmery Moss @kimmerywrites on Instagram. Her book Wolf Mother: A New Love Story is out now. Wolf Words: A Poetry Subscription for Women
Jul 10 - To take death by Maggie Devers: @rembrandts.cure on Instagram. Her book, For My Daughter, is out now.
Jul 11 - I'm small, meek, pale and weak by Holly Fries @hollyf83 on Instagram.
Jul 12 - O, Cynthia by Cyn Grace Sylvie @cyngracesylvie and @greystrega on Instagram. And on Substack Cyn Grace, The Grey Strega
June 13 -
Round and Round
Maggie Devers
I can’t remember what it was
Musical chairs
And before that,
Let me grab it . . .
I missed it because I really wanted to know about musical chairs
I realized it’s an intuitive game—
The winners tune in to the music master
They know the song will stop before it will stop,
That slight inhalation
And they’re ready to sit
Before these rest
She almost made it to the final
Being in the last three
And I realized how much
She’s just like me
They played in the water
Then drank pineapple juice in the sun,
Knowing how to live so young
Ah, it was the bee
That she captured and “might not have made it
Or might have been very, very tired”
That was the thing
I remember now the music has stopped
And my mind no longer goes round in circles.
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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