Poetry
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”
Robert Frost
Poetry has the ability to immerse you in a story instantaneously. You naturally want to flow with the rhythm and experience the words instead of reading them. That’s what caught our attention with our featured poets; their prose was magnetic and left us wanting more. We hope you feel the same way.
The Would-Be Soldier
“He was angry there for a time
and, rather than just cursing the invaders,
ready to act.”
The Accidental Roommate
“Now, you should be repotted; you're practically
out of dirt. I don't know where the roots go
to find their nourishment, but you keep climbing.”
A Hand In The Situation
“Patience, a wick lit too long, flares upward -
my hand, a supplicant, opens to the ashfall.
Hours unaccounted for like debts owed to a god who no longer answers.”
Calming My Urgency
“Don’t snap a photo of me ignoring carpe diem.
It would embarrass, because I’m grandfather of
admonishing everyone to value the moment.”
Sunflower Disappointment
“Our goal was simple as a handful of seeds,
exciting as building the wooden roller coaster
two years ago from a Popular Mechanics blueprint.”
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Share the poetry you’ve been living with: the piece that surprises you, the one you’re obsessed with, or the one that doesn’t fit anywhere else. Whatever your voice, whatever your vision, this is a place for your poetry to be seen.