Sunday Recap & Born Artist by Maggie Devers

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.

Sep 22 - "a walk from my Eve to my Lilith" by Eva Garg @thelifedraft on Instagram.

Sep 23 - Nikomis by Shelby Larkin @calamityverses on Instagram.

Sep 24 - Ash and Gardens by Jessica Sorya @jessicalynnvision on Instagram. Her book, Pinch, Breathe, Burn, is out soon.

Sep 25 - Clouds Have Always Been Women by Nanki Kandhari @therhymemuse_nanki on Instagram. Her book, The Girl Who Spoke In Starlight, is available now.

Sep 26 - Winds of reverie by Philippa Drake @drakephilippa on Instagram. Her book, Mystic Meanderings, is out now.

Sep 27 - Cliff by Ofelia ferch Rhos @ferch_writes on Instagram.

Sep 28 - Born Artist

Maggie Devers

She created her own works for an exhibition tonight

Unaware of traditional artistic practices

Only sweet, innocent bliss of the raw and ragged.

She had cut up her stuffie and used the skin fabric

To fashion a heart emblazoned with maker, tape and assorted gems—

If Tracey Emin were six and slightly more destructive.

Another was on paper

And the third a juxtaposition of disparate media

All with the unifying theme:

Portrait of a Girl with a Dog.

Later they curl up on my belly

As I recline watching videos of

The Artist at Two—

Smashing all the colors of play-dough together,

Her stuffed dog tucked under her arm

At ease in creation, another day to play.

More from Maggie Devers ↓

• Read my debut poetry book, For My Daughter
• Follow me on Instagram for more poetry @rembrandts.cure