Feb 2 Light by Shannon West @shannonswriting on Instagram.
Feb 3 The Cloak of Quiet Light by Dorothy Howls @thehumanspell on Instagram.
Feb 4 Dreams by Cecilia Knight @ceciliaknightpoems on Instagram. Her book, The Burning Pages, is available now. Listen to me read Treasures by Cecilia on Instagram @rembrandts.cure.
Feb 5 On My Own by Srishti Jain @thesocialsaunter on Instagram.
Feb 6 glass half by Michaela Godding @michaelagodding on Instagram. Her book, The Year Our Grandmothers Died, is available now.
Feb 7 Magnetism by Emma Lazarus
Feb 8
I press pencils between my toes
To loosen the webbing holding me together
You must breathe into the pressure, diaphragmatically
The way that word rolls out, just like that, diaphragmatically
Mine is weak from holding my breath all my life
I forgot how to open my back and make room for air
I forgot how to expand
But I’m learning
On the exhale, I imagine smog spewing out my nose
I feel fresh like LA after the rain
With the sky that perfect blue,
Azzurro, they call it in Italian
Of course a country of painters has a bounty
Of words for blue
Blu, celeste, turchino
True blue, baby blue, sea blue
Azzurro
To hold an understanding of color,
To know the truth of blue
Helps me breathe
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