Poem A Day – Feb. 13, 2017
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Editor’s Note: This is the last Poem A Day available to us. The column is no longer in syndication.
Alas
Walter de la Mare
One moment take thy rest.
Out of mere nought ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 12, 2017
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Heavy
Hieu Minh Nguyen
The narrow clearing down to the river
I walk alone, out of breath
my body catching on each branch.
Small children maneuver around me.
Often, I want ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 11, 2017
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Elegy for a Year
Joseph Fasano
Before I watched you die, I watched the dying
falter, their hearts curled and purring in them
like kitfoxes asleep
beside their shadows, their ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 10, 2017
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Children of Aleppo
Chard deNiord
The children were asking
a thousand questions about why
the sky was blue and grass was green
when suddenly their tongues
were stilled by ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 9, 2017
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Sea Garden
Rosamond S. King
Dead man’s fingers –
short and still
or waving spindles
brain coral,
mountain coral
ground small – they
would be pebbles
if ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 8, 2017
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Who Makes Love to Us After We Die
Diana Marie Delgado
I turn on the radio and hear horses, girls becoming women after tragedy. Talk about dreams! His heart was covered in ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 7, 2017
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After Ch’u Yuan
Ezra Pound
I will get me to the wood
Where the gods walk garlanded in wisteria,
By the silver-blue flood move others with ivory cars.
There come forth ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 6, 2017
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Thoughts While Walking
Maxwell Bodenheim
A steel hush freezes the trees.
It is my mind stretched to stiff lace,
And draped on high wide thoughts.
My soul is a large sallow ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 5, 2017
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Let Them Not Say
Jane Hirshfield
Let them not say: we did not see it.
We saw.
Let them not say: we did not hear it.
We heard.
Let them not say: they did not taste it.
We ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 4, 2017
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Cachexia
Max Ritvo
Today I woke up in my body
and wasn’t that body anymore.
It’s more like my dog –
for the most part obedient,
warming to me
when I slip ... Continue Reading →
