Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.
Sep 1 - The Bleeding of Dreams by Dean Charpentier @mrcharps on Instagram. His most recent publication: two poems featured in B O D Yliterary journal
Sep 2 - The Playground by David Park
Sep 3 - When I die, lay me down under a willow tree by Peyton Michelle Bryant @mama.laloba on Instagram. Peyton Bryant on Substack. Her book, Feral Mother, Sovereign Woman, is out now.
Sep 4 - A memorial service before death by Adheena S Farhan @carbon_dat.ed on Instagram.
Sep 5 - Accidental Birds by Deborah Howard @deborahcrafts on Instagram. Her book, Haiku 52: A Journey Through the Year, is out now.
Sep 6 - Stillness of Light by J. Ishaan @__fire_fist_29 on Instagram.
Sep 7
About running out of wine
About my daughter’s friend’s mom not liking me
And no one liking my poems,
About not writing any more good ones
About the dishes and the laundry,
No strike that—
About not worrying about the dishes and the laundry
And the endless list of worries.
I’m exhausted just putting this down
So I will put it down
All of it.
I’ll set gentle fire to it
And rub the ashes over my tanned skin
And comb my chlorine scented hair
Then I’ll go find some mushrooms and let the rest of it fly away
To live without me
For I can be reborn every day
And lately I want to
And I don’t know why that scares me.
- Maggie Devers
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