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Poet of the Day – Christina Lovin
Read more: Poet of the Day – Christina LovinNational Poetry Month April 13, 2020 Christina Lovin Geodes “Even a rock has insides/ smash one and see…” ~Molly Peacock, “How I Come to You” Back up that long hill again—familiar ruts and rocks shaking me awake once more after so long. Not much changed. You, the same: unbreakable…
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Poet of the Day – Agnes Vojta
Read more: Poet of the Day – Agnes VojtaNational Poetry Month April 12, 2020 Agnes Vojta Greeting Cards They Don’t Make I tried to find a card for you. “Get well soon” sounds fine for the flu or the leg you broke walking the dog. It doesn’t cut it for fist shaped bruises. I opened “Caring thoughts”: “May only peaceful memories…
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Poet of the Day – Mantz Yorke
Read more: Poet of the Day – Mantz YorkeNational Poetry Month April 11, 2020 Mantz Yorke Reflections: The Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, Washington DC You reached up and pointed to the name in the polished stone: a paler you reached up and touched your fingertips with cold. His name, one of fifty-eight thousand, three hundred and seven graved into the black gabbro…
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Poet of the Day – Laura Grace Weldon
Read more: Poet of the Day – Laura Grace WeldonNational Poetry Month April 10, 2020 Laura Grace Weldon Common Ground What’s incomplete in me seeks refuge in blackberry bramble and beech trees, where creatures live without dogma and water moves in patterns more ancient than philosophy. I stand still, child eavesdropping on her elders. I don’t speak the language but my body translates…




