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One Poem Only
A daily reading. A quiet moment. One poem, center stage: just for now, just for you. A one-night-only show, in verse. Come back tomorrow. The curtain rises again.
Episodes
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Brood by Maggie Devers
Brood Maggie Devers The three hens at my daughter’s school Are oblivious to egg prices Concerned with lunch scraps And the stray termite And their stair perch…
One Poem OnlyLetter #14 of 36 from "The Marilyn Rising: Letters to Marilyn" by GiGi
Letter #14 of 36 from The Marilyn Rising: Letters to Marilyn GiGi Dearest Marilyn, Why didn't you speak up? Why didn't you say something? All of the moments…
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The Dream by Edna St. Vincent Millay
The Dream Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 – 1950 Love, if I weep it will not matter, And if you laugh I shall not care; Foolish am I to think about it, But it is…
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We never know how high we are (1176) by Emily Dickinson
We never know how high we are Emily Dickinson 1830 – 1886 We never know how high we are Till we are called to rise; And then, if we are true to plan, Our…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & Mother by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead. May 5 - How often we greet each other with worries by Maggie Devers…
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What the Thrush Said by John Keats
What the Thrush Said John Keats 1795 –1821 O Thou whose face hath felt the Winter’s wind, Whose eye has seen the snow-clouds hung in mist, And the black elm…
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Circe by H.D.
Circe H.D. 1886 – 1961 It was easy enough to bend them to my wish, it was easy enough to alter them with a touch, but you adrift on the great sea, how shall I…
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Held by Maggie Devers
Held Maggie Devers The sweetest meat is closest to the bone The most tender, the most true The tissue there is hardest to reach, To manipulate from the…
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For My Daughter by Maggie Devers
For My Daughter by Maggie Devers Chop off my head and put it on your shield. I will protect you until the day I die And all the days after that. You think I…
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Renewal of Strength by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Renewal of Strength Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1825 – 1911 The prison-house in which I live Is falling to decay, But God renews my spirit’s strength Within…
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How often we greet each other with worries by Maggie Devers
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…
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A Lady by Amy Lowell
A Lady by Amy Lowell 1874 – 1925 You are beautiful and faded, Like an old opera tune Played upon a harpsichord; Or like the sun-flooded silks Of an…
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Radical by Marianne Moore
Radical by Marianne Moore 1887 – 1972 Tapering to a point, conserving everything, this carrot is predestined to be thick. The world is but a circumstance, a…
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Who Has Seen the Wind? by Christina Rossetti
Who Has Seen the Wind Christina Rossetti 1830 – 1894 Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you. But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through…
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The Spark by Maggie Devers
Asking the age old question, where do we start? The Spark by Maggie Devers I try to think where her story starts. When I went to my parents' for the weekend…