Poetic Forms: The Acrostic
Hello Everyone! Welcome to week two of poetic forms, where every week I introduce a different type of poem and invite you to give it a go! As an added incentive to take part,...
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Featured Poem 7/29 – “Lesson”
Lesson by Ellen Bryant Voigt Whenever my mother, who taught small children forty years, asked a question, she already knew the answer. “Would you like to” meant you would. “Shall we” was another, and...
Poetic Forms: The Villanelle
Hello Everyone! Welcome to week one of poetic forms, where every week I will introduce a different type of poem and invite you to give it a go! As an added incentive to take...
Featured Poem 7/22 – “Depressed By A Book Of Bad Poetry, I Walk Toward An Unused Pasture And Invite The Insects To Join Me”
Depressed By A Book Of Bad Poetry, I Walk Toward An Unused Pasture And Invite The Insects To Join Me by James Wright Relieved, I let the book fall behind a stone. I climb a...
Featured Poem 7/15 – “Night In Iowa”
Night In Iowa by Deborah Ager Nimbus clouds erasing stars above Lamoni. Jaundiced lights. Silos. Loose dogs. Cows whose stench infuses the handful of homes, whose sad voices storm the plains with longing.
Featured Club: Poetry Partners
If you’ve ever wanted to tackle poetry but didn’t know where to start, Poetry Partners is a place to start.
Featured Poem 7/8 – “Portrait of My Parents Making Love as a Stomach Virus”
Portrait of My Parents Making Love as a Stomach Virus by Lauren Schmidt For two days, my father’s eyes were socked in fog. His body’s heat rose on a high flame. His face was...
Featured Poem 7/1 – “The Children”
The Children by Eugénio de Andrade translated by Atsuro Riley Children grow in secret. They hide themselves in the depths and darker reaches of the house to become wild cats, white birches. One...
