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

Jul 21 - Jawbone, Ribcage by Emily Holman @maximumsparrow on Instagram. Her chapbook Dreamscapes of the Metaphysical is published through 318 Journal.

Jul 22 - Morning Song of the Bees by Louisa May Alcott

Jul 23 - Wednesday Double Feature Reckoning by Anna Goodman Herrick @annagoodmanherrick on Instagram. Her book A Speaker Is a Wilderness is out now.

Jul 24 - Full and Free by Maggie Devers. Read my debut poetry book, For My Daughter. Follow me on Instagram for more poetry @rembrandts.cure.

Jul 25 - It's Not Too Late by Travis Hupp @poetryoftravishupp on Instagram. His book American Entropy is out now through Atmosphere Press.

Jul 26 - No Apologies by Michelle Vivier @michellespeakspoetry on Instagram.

June 27 -

War is a Defeat

Maggie Devers

After Audre Lorde

When you realize the fake news is the whole system we’re stitched up in like a Met Gala dress

Or a straight jacket,

You pick.

Who gave the bombs,

Those party favors for regional stability,

For a war we believe is not here?

We would never be as barbaric as those others half a world away.

Active shooter drills are a sign of a healthy society that values children,

That values life,

That wants every person, everywhere to be free.

The mirror shows us what we can’t bear to see so we break it.

And tell them to make it again,

And get it right for once, for Christ’s sake.