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

• What's Wrong with My Heart by Gillian Shiels
• A Few Weeks Into the Dreams by Jorge Lopez Llorente
• Benedict Fruit by Yonsiri Rojas
• Disjointed Conversations by Jean Wathugu
• Human-Nature by Katie-May Fincham
• In the Hot Spring Locker Room by Haley DiRenzo

Plus one new one to carry us into the week ahead

Shake It Up

Maggie Devers

I water my plants to feed myself

I feel my toes expand

My neck release

My lungs make room for air

We're not under the boot

But we feed it

Leila Khalid said revolution

Must mean life in all forms

So I dream of life–

In the plants I feed,

In my daughter's wet hair

I comb after she swims,

In my mother's hands

As she towels off the dog

Who shakes, covering us

With water

And we squeal in unison

As we recall life

And revolt

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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