Poem A Day – May 17, 2016
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Saturday
Margaret Ross
It was, it was explained to me,
a holiday to enter spring
while honoring the dead
and so its celebration was
a picnic in a cemetery. Flowers
and fruit ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 16, 2016
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A fourteen-line poem on healing
Julie Carr
I cannot freeze sound
or collapse phantom scaffolding
I open one contradiction
after another. They call this “erotic intelligence”
or ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 15, 2016
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Care
Craig Santos Perez
My 16-month old daughter wakes from her nap
and cries. I pick her up, press her against my chest
and rub her back until my palm warms
like an old ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 14, 2016
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The Burden
Sara Nicholson
I don’t know the Latin names of flowers.
I know that there are cities wherein stars
Will labor to appear in bursts of as
Or under, will command ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 13, 2016
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To My Mother
Christina Rossetti
To-day’s your natal day;
Sweet flowers I bring:
Mother, accept, I pray
My offering.
And may you happy live,
And long us bless;
Receiving ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 12, 2016
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Banking Coal
Jean Toomer
Whoever it was who brought the first wood and coal
To start the Fire, did his part well;
Not all wood takes to fire from a match,
Nor coal from ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 11, 2016
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Dear Melissa –
TC Tolbert
a curve billed thrasher
is cleaning its beak on the ground –
we are closer now than ever – sitting
in shadow – I never ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 9, 2016
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Crows
Marilyn Nelson
What if to taste and see, to notice things,
to stand each is up against emptiness
for a moment or an eternity –
images collected in consciousness
like ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 8, 2016
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Emergency Vehicles
Kay Ryan
Emergency vehicles
are on the way but
slow ones. You will
have to go on for
some time. Well, years.
Then one day they will
suddenly arrive
and ... Continue Reading →
