Poem A Day – Feb. 23, 2015
Disarming of Shadow, Arming of Light
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
I wish I were like Johnny Cash
& thought my heart was mine.
I’ve worn a black suit
my entire life. It suits the ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 22, 2015
Interim
Lola Ridge
The earth is motionless
And poised in space …
A great bird resting in its flight
Between the alleys of the stars.
It is the wind’s hour off ….
The ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – Jan. 24, 2015
Sonnet to Winter
Emily Chubbuck Judson
Thy brow is grit, thy robe with gems inwove;
And palaces of frost-work, on the eye,
Flash out, and gleam in every gorgeous dye,
The pencil, dipped ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-19-2014
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Fruit Cocktail in Light Syrup
Amy Gerstler
Rocket-shaped popsicles that dyed your lips blue
were popular ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-18-14
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from “Crow”
Abraham Smith
in his wide wide palm the reigns loose as a foundering
pulse the sky ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-17-2014
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Put Down that TV Tray
Sina Queyras
All I ever wanted was that living room, Sunday evening, chicken
In the ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-16-2014
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I Am Not a Myth
Matthew Hittinger
Marlene Dietrich remembers the night of the Marilyn Monroe
Productions ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-15-2014
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Lion Felling a Bull
Robyn Schiff
I came upon a fragment, one
anterior lion felling
one anterior bull. I ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-14-2014
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Black Horizons
Carl Sandburg
Black horizons, come up.
Black horizons, kiss me.
That is all; so many lies; ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-13-2014
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from The Princess [Come Down, O Maid]
Alfred Tennyson
Come down, O maid, from yonder mountain height:
What ... Continue Reading →
