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

Jul 28 - Unholy Hunger by katherine kier. @katherinekier on Instagram and Substack. You can listen to her soundscapes at katherinekier.bandcamp.com

Jul 29 - Noon. by Sophie M. (Almon) Hensley

Jul 30 - Wednesday Double Feature Mourning Politely by Anne Card @annephora on Instagram. Anne Card at Sit for a Spell on Substack.

Jul 31 - Irises by Maggie Devers. Read my debut poetry book, For My Daughter. Follow me on Instagram for more poetry @rembrandts.cure

Aug 1 - Nights Full Of Terror by Nicole Marie. @nicolemarie_crim on Instagram. @bookbaddiexxx on TikTok. Nicole Marie on Substack. Her book Boneyard Poetry ~ A Wild Compilation of Poems & Cemetery Photos

Aug 2 - You’re so hot by Jacqueline McCoy. @kaleidoscope_eyesx0 on Instagram

Aug 3 -

Ask the Bear

Maggie Devers

I want to know what the bear knows

What the ocean knows

what my heart knows.

Might it all be the same.

Does the bear not love?

Does the ocean not mourn

is my heart not wild?

But how to know what the bear knows

Maybe the salmon swimming in the stream will tell me.

Or children who have learned to war like a bear

Or the ghost of the hiker mauled by the bear

There must be truth in all they know

Or I could just ask the bear.

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: National Poetry Month with One Poem Only

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. We'll get started in April. You can share to #WriteAfterOPO.

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