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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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O, Cynthia by Cyn Grace Sylvie
O, Cynthia Cyn Grace Sylvie This poem was first published in The Dewdrop.Feminine variationThe mound bending Delos IsleWhere she was born with herBrighter…
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I'm small, meek, pale and weak by Holly Fries
I'm small, meek, pale and weakI’ll break if you’re not cautious.Watch your chosen words,I’m tender, I’m innocent as well naive,I break like glass, I burn, I…
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To take death by Maggie Devers
To take death Maggie Devers Chin hairs, on my grandma when she died.My mother sick with regret. We are all exposed in deathAnd she took it onThe chinHairs of…
One Poem OnlyThe Eagle with Blue Feathers by Kimmery Moss
The Eagle with Blue Feathers Kimmery Moss He falls asleep connected to meHis little lips on my chestHours later he wakes again for more But I am no longer able…
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Fringford Brook by Violet Jacob
Fringford Brook Violet Jacob 1863 – 1946 The willows stand by Fringford brook, From Fringford up to Hethe, Sun on their cloudy silver heads, And shadow…
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worlds without blueprints by Paper Trail Poetry
worlds without blueprints Paper Trail Poetry Letter blocks, green, blue, and red,Are the only reading materialsFor a solitary teddy bearLodged between two toy…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & Found Art by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Jun 30 - Someone, open me up by Lindsey @writing.by.lindsey on…
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Look it in the Mouth by Katie Gilmour
Look it in the Mouth Katie Gilmour all I really want is for you to make me something only you can make let it be a chore let it take hours let your back give…
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The American by Connie Helena
The AmericanConnie Helenain reposeI chosea bit of small white coralhidden in my pocketso as not to get caughtcollecting at the beachhas gone out of favormy…
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She’s got a handle on it by Maggie Devers
She’s got a handle on it Maggie Devers She won’t let me clean the dirt from under her nails She holds onto it as a matter of distinction,An indication of her…
One Poem OnlyNo one needs to invent time travel by Christiana Doucette
First published in The Thieving Magpie No one needs to invent time travelIt’s already here. We’re already traveling.The slam of a door layers then with…
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Sonnet: To the Poppy by Anna Seward
Sonnet: To the Poppy Anna Seward 1742 – 1809 While summer roses all their glory yield To crown the votary of love and joy, Misfortune’s victim hails, with many…
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Someone, open me up by Lindsey
Someone, open me up.Fillet me, from my shoulder blades, kneed out the knots I’ve collected throughout the years.Flip me over and crack open my ribcage, lungs…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & Whir by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Jun 23 - Hunger, as Salvation by Ariel K. Moniz…
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fatal dance - a love story between fire and wood by Velvet Poetess
fatal dance - a love story between fire and wood Velvet Poetess there is this certain hungera hunger that cannot be satisfied byanother but youI reach out my…
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Gender Affirming Care by Nikki Grierson
Gender Affirming Care Nikki Grierson When I was a girl Little flurries of hair Began to sprout Here and there At first I didn’t notice But then something made…
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Inheritance by Maggie Devers
Inheritance Maggie Devers She tells me she likes the new sideWhere they eat pomegranates all dayAnd her lifeSounds like an ancient poemChanted down the agesTo…
One Poem Onlyplaying god by Michaela Godding
playing god Michaela Godding (The average person forgets ninety percent of their dreams. I have started keeping tallies on a notepad next to my bed to keep…
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Shadows by Harriet Monroe
Shadows Harriet Monroe 1860 – 1936 What is most near? Ah, sweet dead year- Thy fallen leaf And gathered sheaf,The presence that is fled,The vows that once were…
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Hunger, as Salvation by Ariel K. Moniz
Hunger, as Salvation Ariel K. Moniz This moment, sun speckled and innocent—I speak of prophecies, i plant seedsof affection in your perfect, peachy ears,and it…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & Cold Blood by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Jun 16 - Midlife Calculus by Britt Kaufmann: @brittwriter on…
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After I Lost Him by Barbara Ehrentreu
After I Lost Him Barbara Ehrentreu The sun still shinedThough its rays didn't warm meEncased in my shell of griefMy body felt neither heart not coldOne entire…
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Him by Christy Granger
Him Christy Granger This wasn’t supposed to happenYou were not supposed to happenWhat a special ability you haveI do not trust easilyI do not trust at allI…
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She has a new god by Maggie Devers
She has a new god Maggie Devers Her god is ecstatic dancingSurrender to the music, feel the beat in your marrow, your feet planted, the earth holds you, spin…
One Poem OnlyPollen Count by Danielle Marie Cahill
Pollen CountDanielle Marie CahillThis poem first appeared in The Quarter(ly).My computer tells me the weatherThere is a high pollen count todayAs if that…
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Swans by Sara Teasdale
Swans Sara Teasdale 1884 – 1933 Night is over the park, and a few brave stars Look on the lights that link it with chains of gold,The lake bears up their…
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Midlife Calculus by Britt Kaufmann
Midlife Calculus Britt Kaufmann Edited by Dava Sobel View the poem in Scientific AmericanMore from Britt Kaufmann ↓ @brittwriter on InstagramHer website…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & This can’t be the end of the world by Maggie Devers
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…
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the body idea by Bree North
the body idea Bree North I know i am not my bodyBut if i wereI would remember just long enoughFor memory to mean imprintsI would be curious as corneasWhiten…
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I look for the Holy Fuck in everything I see. by Jo Guzman
I look for the Holy Fuck in everything I see. Jo Guzman —after Courtney LoveI look for the Holy Fuck in everything I see.I wanna whisper Wow, Wow, Wow and have…
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History in Art by Maggie Devers
History in Art Maggie Devers My husband tells me I have a twentieth century assAnd that’s a type of poem.Rubens put touches of red on his angels'…
One Poem Only“Tell me…” a poem by Margaux Paul
"TELL ME, WHAT IS IT YOU PLAN TO DO WITH YOUR ONE WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE?"-Mary Oliver I plan on washing my sheets, cooking pasta, and cleaning broken glass…
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A Jelly-Fish by Marianne Moore
A Jelly-Fish Marianne Moore 1887 – 1972 Visible, invisible,A fluctuating charm,An amber-colored amethystInhabits it; your armApproaches, andIt opens andIt…
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Last Fog at Sunrise by Travers Charron
Last Fog at Sunrise Travers Charron If life stretched on forever,would we still kneel in the wild mintjust to listen to the wind?It’s the fire burning lowthat…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & Spin the Weekend by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Jun 2 - cream soda by Stephanie Valente, Portals on Substack…
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Goodnight, Yesterday by Nichole Johnson
Goodnight, YesterdayNichole JohnsonI thoughtMy heart might die loudly–Thunder cracking,LighteningGrinding stone to sand.But–It is quiet.It withersIn my…
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I open a book by Joanne Witzkowski
I open a book.One brittle flower falls,Shudders into dust.No flicker of flameCould be as beautifuland as burningand as briefAs the memoriesthat perfumed…
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Because that is all it is. by Maggie Devers
Because that is all it is. Maggie Devers I want to know your process So I can make it with youThe way you sketch until your nails are packed with graphite And…
One Poem OnlyHoney by Debbie Radford
Honey Debbie Radford Honey pools in the dip of my waist.It flows like warm sunlight down my thighs.Every curve a golden river, every step a supple pour.Like a…
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Lines Written At Thorp Green by Anne Brontë
Lines Written At Thorp Green Anne Brontë 1820 – 1849 That summer sun, whose genial glow Now cheers my drooping spirit so Must cold and distant be, And only…
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cream soda by Stephanie Valente
cream soda Stephanie Valente Glamor is a spell. I want to feel glamorous.Imagine this: being born from Aphrodite’s oceanpearls. Foamy, iridescent, shimmery…
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Sunday Recap & Commence by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.May 26 - St. Pancras Station, August 1915 by Vera BrittainMay 27 - The…
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The Wish, By a Young Lady by Laetitia Pilkington
The Wish, By a Young Lady Laetitia Pilkington 1709 – 1750 I ask not wit, nor beauty do I crave,Nor wealth, nor pompous titles wish to have;But since, 'tis…
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Long, Too Long America by Walt Whitman
Long, Too Long America Walt Whitman 1819 – 1892 Long, too long America,Traveling roads all even and peaceful you learn'd from joys and prosperity only,But now…
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Did you know? by Maggie Devers
Did you know? Maggie Devers The divine feminine loves to find trouble and communeTo cannonball into the pool just to make wavesAnd feel the splash backMore…
One Poem OnlyThe garden path and all that jazz by Anisha SenGupta Yanger
The garden path and all that jazz Anisha SenGupta Yanger Often enough,the ziplock splitsthe bones crash,and I can feel the days presence all too well,the…
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The Coliseum by Edgar Allan Poe
The Coliseum Edgar Allan Poe 1809 – 1849 Type of the antique Rome! Rich reliquary Of lofty contemplation left to Time By buried centuries of pomp and power! At…
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St. Pancras Station, August 1915 by Vera Brittain
St. Pancras Station, August 1915 Vera Brittain 1893 – 1970 One long, sweet kiss pressed close upon my lips, One moment's rest on your swift-beating heart,And…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & She was in her prime by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.May 19 - Fides, Spes by Willa CatherMay 20 - Love by Elizabeth Barrett…
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Spring Storm by William Carlos Williams
Spring Storm William Carlos Williams 1883 – 1963 The sky has given over its bitterness. Out of the dark change all day long rain falls and falls as if it would…
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The Visionary by Emily Brontë
The Visionary Emily Brontë 1818 – 1848 Silent is the house: all are laid asleep:One alone looks out o’er the snow-wreaths deep,Watching every cloud, dreading…
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During this year's lunar eclipse by Maggie Devers
During this year's lunar eclipse Maggie Devers I misplaced my shot glassAnd over-poured my negronisOr what's it called with port instead of vermouth?It doesn't…
One Poem OnlyStorm Chaser by Melanie Hess
Storm Chaser Melanie Hess last week the riverbed cracked,its veins like autumn leaves,plows and combines idle in fieldsdinosaurs on the verge of extinctionmy…
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Love by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Love Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 – 1861 We cannot live, except thus mutuallyWe alternate, aware or unaware,The reflex act of life: and when we bearOur…
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Fides, Spes by Willa Cather
Fides, Spes Willa Cather 1873 – 1947 Joy is come to the little Everywhere;Pink to the peach and pink to the apple, White to the pear.Stars are come to the…
One Poem OnlySunday Recap & Proportions by Maggie Devers
Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.May 12 - We never know how high we are (1176) by Emily DickinsonMay 13…
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Dewdrops by Myra Viola Wilds
Dewdrops Myra Viola Wilds Watch the dewdrops in the morning, Shake their little diamond heads,Sparkling, flashing, ever moving, From their silent little…
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Verse for a Certain Dog by Dorothy Parker
Verse for a Certain Dog Dorothy Parker 1893 – 1967 Such glorious faith as fills your limpid eyes, Dear little friend of mine, I never knew.All-innocent are…
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Brood by Maggie Devers
Brood Maggie Devers The three hens at my daughter’s schoolAre oblivious to egg pricesConcerned with lunch scrapsAnd the stray termiteAnd their stair perch when…
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…