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, @stephanie.maria.valente on Instagram; her book, Internet Girlfriend, is out now
Jun 3 - Lines Written At Thorp Green by Anne Bronte
Jun 4 - Honey by Debbie Radford, @debbiearadford on Instagram and TikTok; her book, The Enchanted Cottage, is out now
Jun 5 - Because that is all it is. by Maggie Devers
Jun 6 - I open a book by Joanne Witzkowski, @a.wannie on Threads & Instagram
Jun 7 - Goodnight, Yesterday by Nichole Johnson on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads; her two books: Love, Death, and Other Distractions, a Collection of Poetry & Circling The Downward Spiral
June 8 -
The beasts are brunching
With a Saturday fervor
That excites me.
The valet nearly got hit by a car,
Or I nearly ran into him,
As he stepped boldly into traffic.
He knows his purpose is greater than mine,
And I know it too,
These four hours to let it all go.
I cannot quibble with the revelers
Who watch in amazement
As the plates keep spinning.
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