Poem A Day – July 21, 2016
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Employment
Nathaniel Bellows
At the time the time felt well spent but now
I see it was wasted. Not a waste – it just had
no point – no shape – no hourglass’ ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – July 20, 2016
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Ali! Ali!
Khaled Mattawa
It’s late and your heart skips watching
that young man fight. The Garden, the left
jab lashes like a frog’s tongue catching
a fly. There ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – July 19, 2016
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After the First Child, the Second
Mary Austin Speaker
for Chris Martin
To you
through whom
these sudden days
blowse & hum
thirst & quench
a tide of tensing trees
days ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – July 18, 2016
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Spell to Locate the Unreachable
Sarah Messer
As no assistance could be expected
of the ocean, I turned to the trumpeting
tunnel of sky and rummaged
the tops of plum birch ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – July 17, 2016
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Lost Illusions
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Oh, for the veils of my far away youth,
Shielding my heart from the blaze of the truth,
Why did I stray from their shelter and grow
Into ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – July 16, 2016
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Experience
Carl Sandburg
This morning I looked at the map of the day
And said to myself, “This is the way! This is the way I will go;
Thus shall I range on the roads ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – July 15, 2016
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Dear Reader,
Amy Gerstler
Through what precinct of life’s forest are you hiking at this moment?
Are you kicking up leaf litter or stabbed by brambles?
Of what stuff ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – July 14, 2016
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Museum
Keith Leonard
I walked the three floors
of the local antique store
and imagined white plaques
adorning each room
– but unlike museums
I could touch the displays,
and ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – July 12, 2016
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OK Let’s Go
Maureen McLane
Let’s go to Dawn School
and learn again to begin
oh something different
from repetition
Let’s go to the morning
and watch ... Continue Reading →
