National Poetry Month Archives – Page 33 of 39

Poet of the Day – Alison Stone

Posted on April 26, 2020March 8, 2020 by Constance Brewer

National Poetry Month April 26, 2020 Alison Stone Pandora I’m a hot mess, ravishing disaster, blown into town under a blade-sharp moon. Men, you quiver as I slink by with my lipsticked smirk and box of troubles, ache at the sway of my skirt. You’ve never seen a woman’s hips before, never touched hair […]

Poet of the Day – Joe Hardy

Posted on April 25, 2020March 8, 2020 by Constance Brewer

National Poetry Month April 25, 2020 Joe Hardy SKIPPING STONES When water wets stone is stone more real as it tastes water— in between those kisses, longing left within the stone? Or, are Saint Catherine’s tremors true that all the way to heaven is heaven. Or does gratitude in lovers parting […]

Poet of the Day – Toti O’Brien

Posted on April 24, 2020March 8, 2020 by Constance Brewer

National Poetry Month April 24, 2020 Toti O’Brien MIGRATION As you vanish, unchecked grasping frantically at denial (your trusted safety belt) trying to resist sinking noticing on a glimpse of consciousness you cannot tell your age or mine, or today’s date ‘then’ you say ‘we should say farewell. I might not recognize […]

Poet of the Day – Jacquelyn Shah

Posted on April 23, 2020March 8, 2020 by Constance Brewer

National Poetry Month April 23, 2020 Jacquelyn Shah LETTER FROM K ON A DRUNKEN RAFT Dear Charlie, I write to you from Flux, the sea of a sea- blue funk that flows through middle ages. I float like Quetzlcoatl on a raft of snakes and flaunt my malice and pique that rain on your […]