Sunday Recap & Seek Truth by Maggie Devers

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

Oct 6 - Remember by Olivia Woods @owibia_writes on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. She is currently writing the first draft of her novel, What Remains Of Us.

Oct 7 - "Nobody is coming to save you" by Georgia Groza @catastrophic_yearning on Instagram

Oct 8 - "Gone are the days" by Rusha Chatterjee @blooming_ru on Instagram. You can listen to me read Rusha’ poem Hope Is over on Instagram @rembrandts.cure.

Oct 9 - Another Day in May by Anthony Robinson @shedsofthenorthwest on Instagram. His books, Failures of the Poets, and Broke Republic, are out now.

Oct 10 - "If a tree falls" by Amelia Dunn @amelia.evie_poetry on Instagram and TikTok

Oct 11 - Twenty-First. Night. Monday by Anna Akhmatova

Oct 12 - Seek Truth

Maggie Devers

I can see the waning moon from my window

And shake off more of what I do not want

For life is not suffering 

And we can all taste sweetness.

Time now to stop trivializing the fundamental 

Seek truth instead

Know yours and hold it safe

It will be all that’s left

If the dust ever truly settles.

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 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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