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

Jun 9 - Last Fog at Sunrise by Travers Charron: @the_inkwellian on Threads, Scattering Poem Seeds on Substack. His tanka and haiku collection, Glass Shadows, is available now. Currently he is preparing his first full-length poetry collection, Thunderclap Heart, for submission later this year.

Jun 10 - A Jelly-Fish by Marianne Moore

Jun 11 - “Tell me…” a poem by Margaux Paul: @margauxpoetry on Instagram, Margaux Paul on Substack. Her book, Unsent Letters, is out now.

Jun 12 - History in Art by Maggie Devers

Jun 13 - I look for the Holy Fuck in everything I see. by Jo Guzman: @mjvcoast & @_acuppajo on Instagram. Her books, Craving & 28, are out now.

Jun 14 - the body idea by Bree North: @zenmischief on Instagram

June 15 -

This can’t be the end of the world

Maggie Devers

I finally super-glued my daughter’s doll furniture back together

It’s only been two Christmases since I meant to do that

We’ve come too far to end here.

She hasn’t started to read yet, but she’s close.

She weaves stories in her head

And layers them on her day

Living two lives at once

What is real anyway?

I can’t get rid of the nagging feeling that this is it

She stays in the IKEA kids’ space and I panic something terrible will happen

I don’t know why

But when I come back she’s in a powerful stance at the chalkboard easel

Holding on to make something important

To show her new friend

To share their art, their spirit

And that image grounds me

To keep on for now and not despair,

This isn’t the end.

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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