Shownotes
How often we greet each other with worries
by Maggie Devers
I went to the wilderness to escape
And there are worries there too.
Caterpillars falling from their tree
Before their chrysalis is complete
My weekend project was to save them,
But not everybody makes it—
There's a worry tied to us like an anchor,
How quickly we would sink once we stropped struggling—
We lost one to the river
A few were squished
And one got too close to the coffee pot.
That will stick with me
But I saw butterflies too,
And in a few weeks
When I'm not there to see it,
There will be more.
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This round, I’m looking for poems about what remains. What stays with us after we experience change? What survives? What do we yearn to carry forward? Send me the poem you wrote and want the world to hear. Also, if you’d like to read your own poem on the podcast, you can. Submit a clear audio file recorded in a quiet space—no perfect studio recording required. And yes, your poem can have been previously published in a literary magazine, a book, or on social media. Submissions close Thursday, October 29. I’ll respond by Wednesday, November 11. Whether I read your poem or you read it yourself, I’d love to hear what you have to share.
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