Shownotes
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.
Jun 9 - Last Fog at Sunrise by Travers Charron: @the_inkwellian on Threads, Scattering Poem Seeds on Substack. His tanka and haiku collection, Glass Shadows, is available now. Currently he is preparing his first full-length poetry collection, Thunderclap Heart, for submission later this year.
Jun 10 - A Jelly-Fish by Marianne Moore
Jun 11 - “Tell me…” a poem by Margaux Paul: @margauxpoetry on Instagram, Margaux Paul on Substack. Her book, Unsent Letters, is out now.
Jun 12 - History in Art by Maggie Devers
Jun 13 - I look for the Holy Fuck in everything I see. by Jo Guzman: @mjvcoast & @_acuppajo on Instagram. Her books, Craving & 28, are out now.
Jun 14 - the body idea by Bree North: @zenmischief on Instagram
June 15 -
This can’t be the end of the world
Maggie Devers
I finally super-glued my daughter’s doll furniture back together
It’s only been two Christmases since I meant to do that
We’ve come too far to end here.
She hasn’t started to read yet, but she’s close.
She weaves stories in her head
And layers them on her day
Living two lives at once
What is real anyway?
I can’t get rid of the nagging feeling that this is it
She stays in the IKEA kids’ space and I panic something terrible will happen
I don’t know why
But when I come back she’s in a powerful stance at the chalkboard easel
Holding on to make something important
To show her new friend
To share their art, their spirit
And that image grounds me
To keep on for now and not despair,
This isn’t the end.
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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