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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.
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One Poem OnlyHeart Gallery by Allison Dean after WC Quinn | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. This month, One Poem Only presents…
One Poem OnlySearching For Mirrors by Sandra Beth Levy after Ellie Augustin | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyBloodlettings by Erin Zarro after Emma-Jane Barlow | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyFree the Good Fire Within by DL Powers after Jo Guzman | One Poem After
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. This month, One Poem Only presents…
One Poem OnlyThe Peace of Dirty Dishes by Jill Crammond after Kerena Joseline | One Poem After
A daily reading from One Poem Only—a quiet space for a single poem, read aloud. This month, One Poem Only presents One Poem After, featuring selected poems…
One Poem OnlyReclaimed by Jo Wright after Danielle Eleanor Lavalle | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyRegenerate by Steph Patterson after Rachel Turney | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyInvasion by Sarah Abbett after Kerena Joseline | One Poem After
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. This month, One Poem Only presents…
One Poem Only“The thing about the obedient girl is” by June Jasmine after Toni Young | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyWhat We Don’t Put Away by Ella B. Winters after Nicole Shepherd | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyTo Be a Martian by Ash Kemp after Rachel Turney | One Poem After
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. This month, One Poem Only presents…
One Poem OnlyJoyward by Ashrita Damera after Kerena Joseline | One Poem After
A daily reading from One Poem Only—a quiet space for a single poem, read aloud. This month, One Poem Only presents One Poem After, featuring selected poems…
One Poem OnlyInert by Rachel Turney after Amelia Wicker | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyWhat the Ivy Does by J.A. Otto after Claire Shalhope | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyShe Identifies As Unbridled by Maria Mecham after Toni Young | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. This month, One Poem Only presents…
One Poem OnlyOnce a Palm Reader Told Me by Tabitha Dial after Ariel Kasha | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyUnfurled by Monica C. Crum after Meagan Sexton | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyYear of the Skin by Sandra Beth Levy after Belly Lux | One Poem After
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. This month, One Poem Only presents…
One Poem OnlyHow to See in Color by Allison Dean after Mirela Salihovic | One Poem After
A daily reading from One Poem Only—a quiet space for a single poem, read aloud. This month, One Poem Only presents One Poem After, featuring selected poems…
One Poem OnlyLet Go Of by Poetically Nikki after Paige Keller | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyInk and Iron by Edyth G. after Ellie Augustin | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyFirst Crash by Lee Martínez Soto after Carly Thompson | One Poem After
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. This month, One Poem Only presents…
One Poem OnlyThe Bee’s Knees by Amelia Wicker after Rachel Turney | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyAll I Have by Rachel Turney after Avalon | One Poem After
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…
One Poem Only“Everywhere, a surround of mirror glass blue” by Kay Medway after Amy Laessle-Morgan | One Poem After
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. This month, One Poem Only presents…
One Poem OnlyHawk Feather by Connie Helena after Peyton Michelle Bryant | One Poem After
A daily reading from One Poem Only—a quiet space for a single poem, read aloud. This month, One Poem Only presents One Poem After, featuring selected poems…
One Poem OnlyDear Unknown Ancestor Naked in the Woods by Danielle Eleanor La Valle after Chris Kads | One Poem After
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. This month, One Poem Only presents…
One Poem OnlyBones by Toni Young after Ella B. Winters | One Poem After
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…
One Poem OnlyTaco Bell under a Full Moon by Kris Aziz after GiGi | One Poem After
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. This month, One Poem Only presents…
One Poem OnlyYOLO by Maggie Devers & Weekly Poetry Recap | One Poem More
One Poem More gathers all of this week’s poems from One Poem Only—an unhurried chance to listen again, or catch what you missed.This week’s poemsLife Is The…
One Poem OnlySparrowfall by Arch Budzar | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now.SparrowfallArch BudzarWhile maybe I wasn’t the smartestOr the strongestI never thought…
One Poem OnlyRash by Viviana Abnur | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise.RashViviana AbnurEverything I know…
One Poem OnlyLilies by Madilyn Lopez | One Poem Only
A daily reading from One Poem Only—a quiet space for a single poem, read aloud.LiliesMadilyn Lopezblood gushes from underneath my index fingersunderneath my…
One Poem Only“Hija de tu madre.” by Elisha Fernandez | Handpicked Wednesday | One Poem Only
Wednesdays on One Poem Only are Handpicked, a new feature where I go deeper into the poem of the day and discuss what made it stand out to me.“Hija de tu…
One Poem OnlyUnnamed Season by Jules Travers | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now.Unnamed SeasonJules TraversHe lives in a peaceful territoryof his own,relatively…
One Poem OnlyLife Is the Backside of Embroidery by Aasfa Siddiqui | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. Life Is the Backside Of Embroidery by…
One Poem OnlyA Baptism by Maggie Devers & Weekly Poetry Recap | One Poem More
One Poem More gathers all of this week’s poems from One Poem Only—an unhurried chance to listen again, or catch what you missed.This week’s poems“Words don’t…
One Poem OnlyWomen of Stardust and Soil by Steph Patterson | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now.Women of Stardust and SoilSteph PattersonWe start as stardustand then soil, we…
One Poem OnlyIce Box Woes by JACK"E" | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise.Ice Box WoesJACK”E”This freezing and…
One Poem OnlyPrince of Marble by Auri Tunglsdottir | One Poem Only
A daily reading from One Poem Only—a quiet space for a single poem, read aloud.Prince of MarbleAuri TunglsdottirI’ve put you on a pedestalFor some reason.One…
One Poem OnlySunday Ritual by Evyan Roberts | One Poem Only
Wednesdays on One Poem Only are Handpicked, a new feature where I go deeper into the poem of the day and discuss what made it stand out to me.Sunday…
One Poem OnlyThe Return of Titans by Kate M. Sine | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now.The Return of TitansKate M. SineThe last leaf of autumn falls,striking the door like a…
One Poem Only“Words don’t even flow to me anymore” by Lisa Le Guiader | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. “Words don’t even flow to me…
One Poem OnlyShake It Up by Maggie Devers & Weekly Poetry Recap | One Poem More
One Poem More gathers all of this week’s poems from One Poem Only—an unhurried chance to listen again, or catch what you missed.This week’s poemsWhat's Wrong…
One Poem OnlyIn the Hot Spring Locker Room by Haley DiRenzo | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now.In the Hot Spring Locker RoomHaley DiRenzoI saw naked women scrubbing saltedskin as my…
One Poem OnlyHuman-Nature by Katie-May Fincham | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise.Human-NatureKatie-May FinchamIn the…
One Poem OnlyDisjointed Conversations by Jean Wathugu | One Poem Only
A daily reading from One Poem Only—a quiet space for a single poem, read aloud.Disjointed ConversationsJean WathuguBecause I saw that obligatory smileI am…
One Poem OnlyBenedict Fruit by Yonsiri Rojas | One Poem Only
Wednesdays on One Poem Only are Handpicked, a new feature where I go deeper into the poem of the day and discuss what made it stand out to me.Benedict…
One Poem OnlyA Few Weeks Into the Dreams by Jorge Lopez Llorente | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now.A Few Weeks Into the DreamsJorge Lopez LlorenteBack then, a few bodies ago, you knew how…
One Poem OnlyWhat's Wrong with My Heart by Gillian Shiels | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. What's Wrong with My HeartGillian…
One Poem OnlyTea Party by Maggie Devers & Weekly Poetry Recap | One Poem More
One Poem More gathers all of this week’s poems from One Poem Only—an unhurried chance to listen again, or catch what you missed.This week’s poemsAching by…
One Poem OnlyShow & Tell by Shahé Mankerian | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now.Show & TellShahé MankerianThis poem was first published in Contemporary Verse 2, Summer…
One Poem OnlyShadow Infested Room by Himani Goel | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise.Shadow Infested RoomHimani GoelClosing…
One Poem OnlyNine Novembers Later by Erin Zarro | One Poem Only
A daily reading from One Poem Only—a quiet space for a single poem, read aloud.Nine Novembers LaterErin ZarroTW: ViolenceNine Novembers laterYou plucked…
One Poem OnlyThey Built the Wall Themselves by M. A. Dubbs | Handpicked Wednesday
Wednesdays on One Poem Only are Handpicked, a new feature where I go deeper into the poem of the day and discuss what made it stand out to me.They Built the…
One Poem OnlyLa Mariposa de Fierro by Christiane Williams-Vigil
One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now.La Mariposa de FierroChristiane Williams-VigilThe autumn leaves of American Beechflutter…
One Poem OnlyAching by Brittany Searle Kempaiah
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. AchingBrittany Searle…
One Poem OnlyApril: A Poem by Ella B. Winters & Write After Recap | One Poem More
Sundays on One Poem Only are reserved for the weekly recap, but since we were writing a poem a day with Write After in April, we haven’t had a break for a…
One Poem OnlySquare Society by Faye Simpson | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now.Square SocietyFaye SimpsonIn the land of square people,They live ridged lives,With right…
One Poem OnlyEverlong/Evergreen by Dan Webber | One Poem Only
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise.Everlong/EvergreenDan WebberAfter an…