Margaret Atwood, "Habitation". (lemmy.world)
Margaret Atwood, "Siren Song" (lemmy.world)
Emily Corwin, "Wooded Ephemeral". (lemmy.world)
Emily Corwin, "Dark Webs". (lemmy.world)
Henry Rollins, untitled prose (lemmy.world)
Mark Strand: Eating Poetry (sh.itjust.works)
One of my all-time favourites from one of my all-time favourites.
Sharon Olds, "Unspeakable". (lemmy.world)
Brenna Twohy, "Anxiety: A Ghost Story". (lemmy.world)
Maggie Smith, "Poem Beginning With a Retweet" (lemmy.world)
Maggie Smith, "First Fall". (lemmy.world)
Maggie Smith, "Bride". (lemmy.world)
Jeannine Hall Gailey, "Fifty" (lemmy.world)
(I myself turn 50 soon and this one hits home).
Sadakichi Hartmann, "Drifting Flowers of the Sea"
Across the dunes, in the waning light,...
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)
Brenna Twohy, "In Which I Do Not Fear Harvey Dent". (lemmy.world)
[OC] Timber
The prompt was “Trees.” If you know how to format line breaks instead of paragraph breaks, please let me know....
[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....