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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 OnlySunday Recap & The prompt was to write by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Nov 3 - Naked by Danielle Martin @cosquelle.mind on Instagram…
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"Dear death" by Alexis M Levine
A poem inspired by Emily Dickinson Dear death How can I stay when you, more than life, make me feel seen? They call you cruel, but I have seen the gentleness…
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Nightmares are dreams too by Dimple Dinesh Lokhande
Nightmares are dreams too Dimple Dinesh Lokhande In the midnight sky, as breeze passes by, In our sleep, we tend to fly, To a place where dreams seem to lie…
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you wrote anyway by Abhilasha Ghosh
you wrote anyway Abhilasha Ghosh july 25th, 2025 you were told writing was a man’s terrain— ink too heavy, thought too sharp for your soft hands. so you wrote…
One Poem OnlyHer Absence by Katrina Kaye
Her Absence Katrina Kaye I do not regret the days I spent loving you in her absence. I do not regret your tempered touches as you searched for her skin under…
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Poetry Reading by Maggie Devers & An Exciting Announcement
Poetry Reading Maggie Devers After Chelsie DianeThis is a rememberingWhen we come togetherAnd read our truth.We have been doing this forever.They have tried to…
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Naked by Danielle Martin
Naked Danielle Martin Naked in the truth that she is alone she hugs herself tightly and succeeds in creating the illusion of wellness. Damp eyes close as jaded…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & Forty-Three Is Poetry by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Oct 27 - i don't remember being small by Momena Khan…
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"I would peel pomegranates for you—" by Hareem Ismail
I would peel pomegranates for you—Not just slice them open, but gently with my fingers stained red— I would learn its anatomy, the way they bruise and break if…
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Coffin monologue: The non-rhyming rant poem by Manasvita Sukthankar
Coffin monologue: The non-rhyming rant poem Manasvita Sukthankar I love myself,but which one?Can I love the person that most hate?Does she deserve the ache in…
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The Spider by Philippe Blenkiron
The Spider Philippe Blenkiron "Is God a Spider?" I asked,"constantly weavingelectron threads into spiraling elemental webs?His iron will, spun with a silk of…
One Poem OnlyGreen Soup by Tabitha Dial
Green SoupTabitha Dial(Halloween Night 2020)From a quiet keeping-space,I promise my motherghostto create meals and music.Even if fromdry bones and tangled…
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What Are We by Laker Patience
What Are We Laker Patience What are we? is there even a we, or is it possibly just a you and a me, a concoction of delusion, desire, mismatched expectations…
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i don't remember being small by Momena Khan
i don't remember being small Momena Khan i was sitting beside her, my not-sister. we were eating oranges and she was laughing with her whole mouth open like…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & "What 42 years of life have taught me" by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Oct 20 - Places Passing By by Paige Keller @pk_fictions on Instagram…
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Garden of Eden by Yonsiri Rojas
Garden of Eden Yonsiri Rojas lulling sunbeam through the boughssoothing ballad of a plum-haired dollhazy notes of pure joyher naked feet wet in fresh springicy…
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Bills for Bills of Bills for Bills by Charlotte Stuart
Bills for Bills of Bills for Bills Charlotte Stuart They hand me bills for bills of bills for bills,Stacked like bricks in window sills. Pay what you owe, then…
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Seventh Wonder by Joba the Poète
Seventh Wonder Joba the Poète Seven wonders of the worldyet I trip like the leaning tower of Pisawhen you sing out my namewith a nine minus two, or rather…
One Poem Only"If love were a predator," by McKenzie Hager
If love were a predator,I’d let it hunt me down.While it prowled,I’d shuffle the leavesjust enough to be heard.I’d welcome the weightof its body against…
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Keeping It This Way by Swan Melloh
Keeping It This Way Swan Melloh I am not your propertyI rather tell myself than youwho wears oblivion for shoes,walks without a knowing heart.I suppose it´s…
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Places Passing By by Paige Keller
Places Passing By Paige Keller Sitting on a patio sipping tea under the sun, writing notes intomy phone through the breeze. Imagining different days and…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & Cast Off by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Oct 13 - House of Childhood by Nataša Benedičič @natasek_poetry_corner…
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"I dream of a happy ending." by Alena Peacock
I dream of a happy ending.Perfect and unyielding.A quiet love, so loud, its deafening.Where I would not ever have to question their affection.I'd be so sure of…
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Tell Me by Evita Arakelian
Tell Me Evita Arakelian Tell me of a flavour I have forgotten,of a song I may have heard a stranger hum to her child in some store, some day.Tell me a story I…
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Love Letter to the Lesion in My Brain by Erin Zarro
Love Letter to the Lesion in My Brain Erin Zarro TW: explicit language, illness, mentions of deathHere’s a secret. This thing in my brain – this mass of cells…
One Poem Only"I want to escape this world." by Lipy Goyal
I want to escape this world.And sit with somebody in a quiet place.Looking at the stars, imagine a new world.Drinking silence in a cup of coffeeThe chaos-free…
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"Where will we get" by Sophia Nerenberg
Where will we getWith the attack? Will the caged bird Finally bend the metal? Or should it learn to pick the lock? Where will we get With the oppression?Will…
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House of Childhood by Nataša Benedičič
House of Childhood Nataša Benedičič I would rest in a secret gardenWatering my unsaid thoughtsFor they had no other placeSince they were “too much”Waiting for…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & Seek Truth by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Oct 6 - Remember by Olivia Woods @owibia_writes on Instagram, TikTok…
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Twenty-First. Night. Monday by Anna Akhmatova
Twenty-First. Night. Monday Anna Akhmatova Twenty-first. Night. Monday.Silhouette of the capitol in darkness.Some good-for-nothing–who knows why–made up the…
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"If a tree falls" by Amelia Dunn
"If a tree falls" Amelia Dunn If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to notice does it make a sound?Does its impact even hit the ground? Will the…
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Another Day in May by Anthony Robinson
Another Day in MayAnthony Robinson Now more coffee and Brian Wilson And skittering creatures. I've eatenTacos for three days straight and DadIs still on…
One Poem Only"Gone are the days" by Rusha Chatterjee
"Gone are the days" Rusha Chatterjee Gone are the dayswhen my house felt like home,now the rooms filled with thousandmemories feels like a cage,suffocating and…
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"Nobody is coming to save you" by Georgia Groza
"Nobody is coming to save you" Georgia Groza Nobody is coming to save you Stitch it back up, learn to live with it. The world doesn’t begin and end at the…
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Remember by Olivia Woods
Remember Olivia Woods Your apples were as savory as sunlight I can’t remember the last time they seemed so sweetThe last time they were as red as rosesThe last…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & Kick It by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Sep 29 - Lebensabschnittspartner by Sarthak Mukherji @sarthaksays on…
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Bloodfruit by Abby Zhang
Bloodfruit Abby Zhang Say it, like you used to peel blood oranges with your teeth, Ma.The flesh splits soft and shivering under the pressure,its rind stuck…
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Silver Filigree by Travers Charron
Silver Filigree Travers Charron Before the day unbuttons its sky,while morning’s breath still clings to the grass, I find it—a single web,threaded between two…
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i am not a poet by Kole Kealey
i am not a poet Kole Kealey i touched rock bottom before i ever touched apen, so do not call me a poetcall me your mother tongue,burning the back of your…
One Poem OnlyGrapes by Frankie Reed
Grapes Frankie Reed we hung together —tight, green,not yet sweet.small things,skin against skin,no space for air.you leanedinto every breeze.I held…
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Taemong by Kimberly McAfee
Taemong Kimberly McAfee After Li-Young Lee*My mother had a dream of me,when she and I were one.She dreamed of a snakecoiled on her belly.It was her taemong…
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Lebensabschnittspartner by Sarthak Mukherji
Lebensabschnittspartner Sarthak Mukherji Lebensabschnittspartner.Life - section - partner.A gorgeous German distillationof something about as mystifyingas…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & Born Artist by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Sep 22 - "a walk from my Eve to my Lilith" by Eva Garg @thelifedraft…
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Cliff by Ofelia ferch Rhos
Cliff Ofelia ferch Rhos Salt spattered on chalk carves out the rough-hewn shape of thought:the cliff is a canvas where they escape me, and become mammoths on…
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Winds of reverie by Philippa Drake
Winds of reverie Philippa Drake A lord soarsinto the azure expanseforsaking blood bondschasing the winds of libertyto repose in distant islandswhere no man yet…
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Clouds Have Always Been Women by Nanki Kandhari
Clouds Have Always Been Women Nanki Kandhari Clouds have always been women—braided in softness,swollen with storiesthey were never allowed to pour.They gather…
One Poem OnlyAsh and Gardens by Jessica Sorya
Ash and Gardens Jessica Sorya She asks me, “What did I want at nineteenthat I have now?”I answer, “Nothing. Everything I wanted is gone.”Every man I…
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Nikomis by Shelby Larkin
Nikomis Shelby Larkin Your smile sung out to sunshine& carried it across ages& every sunny day has a piece of you in itI think of you when a butterfly lands…
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"a walk from my Eve to my Lilith" by Eva Garg
a walk from my Eve to my Lilitha swim within my own soulOne was made from your rib,the other, from the same soil as you.One sacrificed herself for your…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & Theory by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Sep 15 - First Person Account of a Seed by Vinita Agrawal…
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A Pocketful of Joy by Mishty Singh
A Pocketful of Joy by Mishty Singh Joy doesn't always dance in paradesor call your name from mountaintops.Sometimes, it drifts in quietly the same way light…
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When I fall asleep by Jessica Lyon-Wall
When I fall asleep by Jessica Lyon-Wall I was 12 when they brought me back. The process Was a slow one, over a year I went unnoticed, Pale, thin, and guzzling…
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Sometimes by Hania Anwar
Sometimes by Hania AnwarSometimesI wish I was born aManin true Plath-ian fashionto roam the desolate fieldsat Dusky Dawnwithout the gripping fearof being…
One Poem OnlyI am the dove by GiGi
I am the doveby GiGi I am the dove. My song is mournful,a single nerve splitting cry outin painbecause it’s fucking rainingand pouringwith pressure and…
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the listener by Laura Theis
the listener Laura Theis her magic was so gentle you may not have known itfor a spellthe way she was able to listen so openlythat we were each coaxed into…
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First Person Account of a Seed by Vinita Agrawal
First Person Account of a Seed by Vinita Agrawal All night, the face of awning greenhovers above me, its branches carved partlywith the grimace of my own…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & Play More by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Sep 8 - Broken by Ani Leland @neversent.poetry on Instagram. Her book…
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Mabon by Danielle Marie Cahill
Mabon Danielle Marie Cahill We choose three glowing apples in the greengrocerand take them home: one for each of us,polished scarlet.I slice them horizontally…
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Grief is like a corpse in the land of the living. by Kimeysia
Grief is like a corpse in the land of the living. Kimeysia They say grief is found in the saddest of people,In the saddest of families,In the lost and in the…
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Koi Pond by Isra Cheema
Koi Pond Isra Cheema This poem was first published in Ghost City PressTW: AbortionLook down and see your unborn baby floating in the middle of the toilet…