One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now. This month, One Poem Only presents One Poem After, featuring selected poems written in response to the poems shared during National Poetry Month. Each piece began as a conversation with another poem and became something entirely its own. Today’s poem is Searching For Mirrors by Sandra Beth Levy after Mastering the Pen by Ellie Augustin. Read the full poem on Substack.

More from Sandra Beth Levy ↓

• @slevy43 on Instagram
• Her first poetry book, Unfurling The Scroll Of Seven Decades, will be available for pre-sale with Finishing Line Press in October of 2026.
• Sandra has had recent poems published in The Poetry Lighthouse.
• As well as The Vagabond’s Verse-Weekly Verses.
• And three poems in a SHINE Poetry Series spotlight.

More from Ellie Augustin ↓

• Her blog, Lines Between Living
• @lines_between_living_now on Instagram
• @linesbtwnliving on Substack

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