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. Same Fire by Diana Johar
2. Resist by Francesca Acquaviva
3. The -ness of things by Sanjeevani
4. Women in Me by Ayushi
5. Last Year by Samah Ayesha
6. To Imagination by Emily Brontë

Plus one new one to carry us into the week ahead

Prattle On

Maggie Devers

A bird in a backpack walked by

Tweeting plaintively from inside

And the crows kept up their racket

With little variance

But I think they were surprised,

And wondering how this chirp was stuck inside

And I think the prisoner wondered too

What it would be like to be outside

Really out

High in the palm trees

Singing her song as she swayed in the sun

Just for the sound of it.

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

Find links to each poet’s work, books, and social accounts in the show notes for the individual episodes.

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