05 Nov Three Poems by David C. Tirrell

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As much as the dying rose
Would open up
It stands to sink nearby

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29 Oct from Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson’s Envelope Poems by Jen Bervin (with Marta Werner)

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22 Oct “Grief” by Anne Elezabeth Pluto

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I find it in my hands
listen while tuning
the guitar—I'm always sharp

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15 Oct “The Several Words I Have” by Michael Dumanis

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You will never understand, try as you might,
a person other than yourself, controlling
an altogether different set of limbs.

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08 Oct “On Desire” by Sandra Simonds

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“Do not give up on your desire” but tell me something that will
destroy my life.

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01 Oct from “Border Crossings” by Dennis Maloney

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On dark nights when I have no words of my
own, translations calm me, let me
jump deep in letter by letter
soaking up the dampness of the words.

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24 Sep “Words are Not Enough” by Lori Desrosiers

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Some days I realize that all I have is words
which are not enough

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17 Sep “Creeley Song” by Peter Gizzi

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all that is lovely
in words, even
if gone to pieces

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10 Sep “Sukun” by Kazim Ali

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The world is wound
Around me wound

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03 Sep “The Counselor” by Judith Slater

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How fortunate to go to a room, a pleasant room
with windows opening on fir trees,

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