One Poem More gathers all of this week’s poems from One Poem Only—an unhurried chance to listen again, or catch what you missed.

This week’s poems

• “Words don’t even flow to me anymore” by Lisa Le Guiader
• The Return of Titans by Kate M. Sine
• Sunday Ritual by Evyan Roberts
• Prince of Marble by Auri Tunglsdottir
• Ice Box Woes by JACK"E"
• Women of Stardust and Soil by Steph Patterson

Plus one new one to carry us into the week ahead

A Baptism

Maggie Devers

I’m terrified of having to burn it all down to start again.

The way a fire eats a mountain

Comes rushing down a ridge

Out of control

Like when you ran down a hill

And couldn’t slow your legs

Without tumbling over yourself

Head first

The way you felt sublimely alive when you sat up, spitting grass, to pull that first clean breath,

feel your heart beat out your ears and pulse to the strawberry on your knee.

The realization that the moment you surrendered completely, you felt like you were flying

On the way down soaring feels

The same as falling

And ash cleanses like water

When you know how to use it

More from Maggie Devers ↓

• My debut poetry collection, For My Daughter, available as an audiobook.
• Purchase a signed copy of For My Daughter or get one free by subscribing to the podcast: One Poem Only on Patreon
• Follow me on Instagram for more poetry @rembrandts.cure

More from this week’s poets

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