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

Jun 30 - Someone, open me up by Lindsey @writing.by.lindsey on Instagram. She is currently working on a poetry book.

Jul 1 - Sonnet: To The Poppy by Anna Seward

Jul 2 - No one needs to invent time travel by Christiana Doucette. Her website: Christiana Doucette. @doucette515 on BlueSky, Instagram, Threads, and TikTok. Her haiku “sudden downpour” appears in Where the Mountains Were: A Helene Disaster Relief Haiku/Senryu Anthology. All the profits go to The Foundation for Lake Lure & Chimney Rock Area Businesses.

Jul 3 - She’s got a handle on it by Maggie Devers: @rembrandts.cure on Instagram. Her book, For My Daughter, is out now.

Jul 4 - The American by Connie Helena @journalof1000days on Instagram.

Jul 5 - Look it in the Mouth by Katie Gilmour @katie_jean_gilmour on Instagram.

June 29 -

Found Art

Maggie Devers

A stack of celluloid prints strewn in the street

Slowly coming undone

The top naked woman in an earthen room with a skylight

The roundness she mimics with her hands

And again with her breasts

In black and white

How tasteful it all was until she found her way to the street

Recently, since there were no tire marks

And I had to consider if it was intentional or chance that she was there

A careless photographer?

Or jilted lover exiting the contents from their home?

I took her with me

I wonder if she’ll be missed

More from Maggie Devers ↓

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

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Write After with One Poem Only

Write After is a way to encourage poets to listen and write, and use National Poetry Month to highlight how listening to poetry makes us better poets. I know I write the best when I’m surrounded by beautiful poetry–it’s part of the reason I created this podcast, and I want to encourage others to share this practice. If you want to join: Listen to a poem from the month of April on One Poem Only, then write your own in response. I will pick one for each day to read in June for a special series: One Poem After 🍎🍏 Submissions close May 15.

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