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. Every Cell Misses You by Dolon Pramanik
2. Butterflied, oh by Yonsiri Rojas
3. You’ll Hear Music by Chandra Tyler Mountain
4. Patience by Ayesha Khalid
5. Lost Bond by Pinky Faith Okafor
6. Love Song by Dorothy Parker

Plus one new one to carry us into the week ahead

Writing Love Poems to the NASA Artist’s Concept

Maggie Devers

How small we are,

How infinitesimally small,

And yet I am here

Writing this down so you may read it

10 years from now, or a hundred,

Or never.

Is never the same as zero?

What if every breath is a big bang

The end of one universe

And the beginning of another?

Galaxies live in your voice

Echoing through the walls, off the walls

In the space between your ribs

I hear you

I see you

Once

Twice

Forever

And it’s never enough.

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

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