Jay Hopler, "Radiation Vault 4". (lemmy.world)
Jane Hirshfield, "The Decision". (lemmy.world)
Rory Waterman, "Pulling Over to Inspect a Pillbox with a North American Tourist". (lemmy.world)
Amanda Smeltz, "The Red Dot in the Middle of the Queen Anne's Lace". (lemmy.world)
Ellen Bass, "I Could Touch It". (lemmy.world)
Kim Addonizio, "The Divorcee and the Gin". (lemmy.world)
Ellen Bass, "Marriage". (lemmy.world)
Susan Musgrave, "Hunger". (lemmy.world)
Danusha Lameris, "Chance". (lemmy.world)
seanpatrick.phd, to poetry If you look close enough at life,<br></br>observe with care the galaxy<br></br>and navel-gaze for long enough,<br></br>you will in time be made to see<br></br>we cannot by mere science find<br></br>an answer to the question why;<br></br>our lamp-oil may be well refined,<br></br>but we will still in darkness die.<br></br><br></br>We live atop a heavy tower<br></br>that teeters on its burdened base:<br></br>we drink a fresh-poured pint of power<br></br>and revel in our heightened place.<br></br>By intellect we’ve donned the crown,<br></br>from Babel’s peak we now aspire;<br></br>yet we’ve neglected to look down<br></br>and see the fundaments on fire.<br></br><br></br>Our morals have not matched our means:<br></br>for in this world that we’ve designed,<br></br>self-interest coldly contravenes<br></br>our common cause, and leaves us blind.<br></br>We’ve found a thousand ways to kill<br></br>but lost the ways to live, to feel –<br></br>we have engineered a modern marvel<br></br>and fallen asleep at the wheel.<br></br>
C. Dale Young, "The Gods Among Us". (lemmy.world)
Rainier Maria Rilke, "Pont du Carrousel". (lemmy.world)
Ellen Bass, "God and the G-Spot". (lemmy.world)
Langston Hughes, "Tired". (lemmy.world)
Langston Hughes, "Freedom". (lemmy.world)
Kim Addonizio, "New Year's Day". (www.poetryfoundation.org)
Ocean Vuong, "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker".
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Robyn Schiff, "Dyed Carnations" (lemmy.world)
Jorie Graham, "All Things". (lemmy.world)
Robyn Schiff, "Information Desk". (lithub.com)
Aphelion, to poetry My body,
A sarcophagus
For dead stars,
and I’m still
Convinced
The sky won’t
Welcome me
Home.
tfburkepoetry, to poetry My book is finally forthcoming! 🥳🤗 #poetry #book #premier #tfburke #wavesofclarity #brandnew #publishing #Amazon #ebook
tfburkepoetry, to poetry cant you see, who is me, i gave you an open door, can i be who you need, do i need to be more, can i go where you go, should i hide until im more should i try should i fight, should i cry like before T.F. Burke poetry #poetry