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

Nov 3 -  Naked by Danielle Martin @cosquelle.mind on Instagram. DanielleM on Facebook. Her book, Kissing Shadows: Caribbean Love Poems, is out now.

Nov 4 - Poetry Reading by Maggie Devers

Nov 5 - Her Absence by Katrina Kaye @poetkatrinakaye on Instagram. You can read more of her poetry on her website poetkatrinakaye.com. You can see me read Her Absence @rembrandts.cure on Instagram.

Nov 6 - you wrote anyway by Abhilasha Ghosh @abhilaxxa on Instagram. Her bookstagram is @booksandbillis .

Nov 7 - Nightmares are dreams too by Dimple Dinesh Lokhande @dimple_writes07 on Instagram. Her poems are featured in the poetry anthology, Words Of Escape, of which she is a co-author.

Nov 8 - "Dear death" by Alexis M Levine @alexandrathepoett on Instagram.

Nov 9

The prompt was to write

Maggie Devers

A seven word poem about your mother

I wrote it in my dream and 

It had evaporated when I woke up 

But I did dream of my daughter 

As a newborn asleep on my chest.

The smell at her crown was there,

And her little chest rose the same

And I was a new mother again.

I have carried the feeling all day

Thinking how our children hold us close

When their tiny hand grips our finger

I think of my mother and know

For her, seven words are not enough.

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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