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21 May

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week

An angel whispers to readers in the library.
He's tired of everyone wanting something different.
A trapeze artist dressed as an angel
doesn't know that real angels are wingless.
Read the full poem "Wings of Desire" by Jeannine Marie Pitas.

14 May

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week

each of these weeds is a day
i climbed the stair
at 254 purdy street
and looked into a mirror
to see if i was really there.
i was there. i am there
in the thousand days.
the weeds. and these weeds
Read the rest of the poems by Lucille Clifton.

30 Apr

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week

We dream each other into being:
a universe as master for the mindless
and solace for the present,
and a self of contradictions
on a respite afternoon.
Read the full poem by Joe Todaro.

23 Apr

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week

We have a dog in that fight
We have a cock in that ring
We have a cop in those streets
Read the full poem by Angelica Whitehorne, first published in Whitehorne's chapbook collection "The World Is Ending, Say Something That Will Last" (Bottle Cap Press, 2022).

16 Apr

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week

Remember the sky that you were born under,
know each of the star’s stories.
Remember the moon, know who she is.
Read the full poem by Joy Harjo, first published in Harjo's 1983 collection "She Had Some Horses" (Thunder's Mouth Press), which was republished by W.W. Norton in 2008.