Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.

Nov 17 -  The Anatomy of a Queer Body by Gokul Prabhu @iamameme_gp on Instagram and @gokulprabhu1 on Substack.

Nov 18 - Raindrops by Kunjal Saraswat @_heart_cuddles_ on Instagram.

Nov 19 - A Boy Moose Ate My Tulips by Erynne DeVore @poemsprayersandswears on Instagram. She has two poetry books, Discovering Divinity: Poems, Prayers and Swears, and The Labyrinth of Heartbreak: A collection of poetry for the lovers and the heartbroken. You can listen to me read mother all by Erynne @rembrandts.cure

Nov 20 - Loneliness is a strange dopamine by Dipanwita Dey @iamdipanwitadey on Instagram.

Nov 21 - Ode to the Familiar Strangers by Yara Tawk @yara._.writes on Instagram. Her book, Periwinkle Sunsets, is out now.

Nov 22 - Fernando by Keana Aguila Labra @keanalabra on Instagram.

Nov 23

Something Nice for Myself

Maggie Devers

New clogs, soft pink suede baby.

The stack of pictures, waiting to be hung, leaning against the wall

Staring at me like they have for a year since we moved in.

I move them around occasionally,

Inspired by a new blank place where they will be most at home, but I haven’t been able to decide yet

Exactly where they need to go.

I think I’m waiting for them to tell me

They know, they know.

So maybe I’ll cross it off my to do list since it’s really already done

And wait for that moment of inspiration to put the hammer in my hand, pencil in my hair

And count out the inches from the floor.

It will make more sense when they’re on the wall,

a picture always does and art always does

Art always does, but a part of me likes to live in that place between making sense and not,

Being real and not

Where anything can happen,

Especially if I’m wearing pink suede clogs.

More from Maggie Devers ↓

• Read my debut poetry book, For My Daughter
• Follow me on Instagram for more poetry @rembrandts.cure

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Write After: National Poetry Month with One Poem Only

Write After is a way to encourage poets to listen and write, and use National Poetry Month to highlight how listening to poetry makes us better poets. I know I write the best when I’m surrounded by beautiful poetry–it’s part of the reason I created this podcast, and I want to encourage others to share this practice. We'll get started in April. You can share to #WriteAfterOPO.

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