Poem A Day – June 27, 2016
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Coventry Lake
Bruce Cohen
My closest friend emigrated West, petrified
To hop a jet back home; I exist in an equally isolated
East where fish are oblivious to their own
Water, ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – June 26, 2016
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A Fold of Sun
Magdalena Zurawski
We decided I
should go alone
on foot. I
would find
him in
the pharmacy. If
he said ‘In
the head of
God all propositions
have existed
always,’ ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – June 25, 2016
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Drone
Kazim Ali
Do strangers make you human
Science fiction visiting bodies as cold fact
What unknown numbers govern our genes or phones
A constant thrum from outer space
Snow ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – June 24, 2016
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Only a Dad
Edgar Guest
Only a dad with a tired face,
Coming home from the daily race,
Bringing little of gold or fame,
To show how well he has played the game,
But glad ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – June 23, 2016
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A Fixed Idea
Amy Lowell
What torture lurks within a single thought
When grown too constant; and however kind,
However welcome still, the weary mind
Aches with its presence. ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – June 22, 2016
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Black Storm Days
Joshua Edwards
As the best actors move on from TV
And leave shows in shambles, viewers bereft,
And characters to death or surgery,
So do I move beyond my ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – June 21, 2016
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The End of the Pier
Nicole Callihan
I walked to the end of the pier
and threw your name into the sea,
and when you flew back to me –
a silver fish – I devoured ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – June 20, 2016
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Whether by Drowning or by Stars
Mark Bibbins
When everyone was granted their childhood
wish for invisibility, it turned out
to be less erotically useful than we all
had ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – June 19, 2016
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Road Trip
Vijay Seshadri
I could complain. I’ve done it before.
I could explain. I could say, for instance, that
I’m sick of being slaughtered in my life’s ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – June 18, 2016
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The Bed on the Wall
Lauren Camp
After Robert Rauschenberg’s “Bed,”
oil and pencil markings on pillow, quilt, and sheet, 1955
So garish: the arc of his ... Continue Reading →
