Poem A Day – May 19, 2016
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I Hid my Love
John Clare
I hid my love when young till I
Couldn’t bear the buzzing of a fly;
I hid my love to my despite
Till I could not bear to look at light:
I ... Continue Reading →
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 →
