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National Poetry Month April 14, 2020 Mary Ellen Talley Armchair Travel for Aimee Nezhukumatathil It began with a search for linalool while I was reading a poem, The Pepper Kingdom – Kerala by Aimee with the challenging last name who said on stage her six syllables were butchered in the classroom. Poor […]
National 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 […]
National 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 […]
National 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 […]