Emily Dickinson - "I'm Nobody, Who Are You?" (lemmy.world)
Margaret Atwood, "Habitation". (lemmy.world)
Henry Rollins, untitled prose (lemmy.world)
Emily Corwin, "Wooded Ephemeral". (lemmy.world)
Emily Corwin, "Dark Webs". (lemmy.world)
Maggie Smith, "Poem Beginning With a Retweet" (lemmy.world)
Sharon Olds, "Unspeakable". (lemmy.world)
Brenna Twohy, "Swallowtail". (lemmy.world)
Jeannine Hall Gailey, "Fifty" (lemmy.world)
(I myself turn 50 soon and this one hits home).
Brenna Twohy, "Anxiety: A Ghost Story". (lemmy.world)
Maggie Smith, "Bride". (lemmy.world)
Mark Strand: Eating Poetry (sh.itjust.works)
One of my all-time favourites from one of my all-time favourites.
Maggie Smith, "First Fall". (lemmy.world)
[OC] Timber
The prompt was “Trees.” If you know how to format line breaks instead of paragraph breaks, please let me know....
Sadakichi Hartmann, "Drifting Flowers of the Sea"
Across the dunes, in the waning light,...
Brenna Twohy, "In Which I Do Not Fear Harvey Dent". (lemmy.world)
Carrie Fountain, "Burn Lake". (lemmy.world)
Kiki Petrosino, "Witch Wife". (lemmy.world)
Liz Berry, "The Dereliction". (lemmy.world)
J. Estanislao Lopez, "Approaching Prayer". (lemmy.world)
J. Estanislao Lopez, "Poem With Human Intelligence". (lemmy.world)
[OC] Pro-Choice
I wrote a comment recently in response to a senator describing himself as “pro-choice” in defense of his refusing to repeal child marriage statutes. I recognized a poetic rhythm and have adapted it to hopefully fit as a submission here....