One Poem More gathers all of this week’s poems from One Poem Only—an unhurried chance to listen again, or catch what you missed.

This week’s poems

1. Presence of Choice by Alecia Lewis
2. Harmony by Seán Tate
3. Memory weighs more than bone and Hash browns by Charlotte Dawn
4. Tangerines and Alcoholism by Labanya Dey
5. I Am Mother by Melissa Norton
6. Comrades by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Plus one new one to carry us into the week ahead

Borders

Maggie Devers

On the north side of the border

The saguaro arms are drooping

And the Oregon Pipes have disappeared

Even their bones are missing.

But to the south, they grow tall and proud

With enough of both to pepper the landscape,

And I wonder how it's possible

For a line in the sand to grow.

More from Maggie Devers ↓

1. My debut poetry collection, For My Daughter, available as an audiobook.
2. Purchase a signed copy of For My Daughter or get one free by subscribing to the podcast: One Poem Only on Patreon
3. Follow me on Instagram for more poetry @rembrandts.cure

More from this week’s poets

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