Poem of the Day: Sylvia Plath

BLACKBERRYING Nobody in the lane, and nothing, nothing but blackberries,   Blackberries on either side, though on the right mainly,A blackberry alley, going down in hooks, and a seaSomewhere at the end of it, heaving. BlackberriesBig as the ball of my thumb, and dumb...

Poems of the Day: Allan Peterson

THIS LUMINOUS Turn off the light The hemming begins at once You hear the engine of the sewing heart stitching into sleep so you won’t come loose Out the window light is still moving that sees through your bonesI hold a flashlight to the fire in my hands How can...

Poem of the Day: Vievee Francis

ANOTHER ANTIPASTORAL I want to put down what the mountain has awakened. My mouthful of grass. My curious tale. I want to stand still but find myself moved patch by patch.There’s a bleat in my throat. Words fail me here. Can you understand? I sink to my knees...

Poem of the Day: Rebecca Pelky

RADIUM GIRL Once the boys were goldfish and all the girls were rings, tossed and bouncing from bowl to bowl. If not for the clink of plastic on glass,we’d never have known the frenzy,how it sorted itself to tinny song. The funhouse mirrors tripped us up, caught...

Poem of the Day & Remembering Ralph Angel

Happy Tuesday, friends. I hope you enjoyed your day and did something you love today. I mentioned yesterday that I’m diving more deeply back into my reading and writing, including sharing poetry during these uncertain times. On March 9th, the press where I used...