Act of putting together tantrums, haywire thoughts throw back of poetry written in spiral bound books. Tattered pages bleed the word lives silently sleeps silently dies silently.
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Dancing souls, On a watery stage! No fear of death, No surety of age! The post Lotus Flowers | Sadia Mehmood Qurashi appeared first on Best Poetry Online. Go to Source Author: Best Poetry Online
The New York Times ran a piece today (March 6, 2024) on Tom Meschery (Meschery NY Times); here’s a rerun from 2015. Bio Note #1: Tom Meschery was born in Manchuria and spent five childhood years in a Japanese internment camp. He received an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers Workshop, where…
We are in a revolving door Sensing what we are But trying to rotate In the direction Of what We want to be We reject acceptance The relative prosperity With wishes To be something else To be More than who we are To find the success Our culture defines For us As true and good…
Forgive me for the way I have misused my words to spread hate, lust, and ugliness. Forgive me for using a pen as a sword. This is my pledge to bring wholeness with words instead. The post A Note for Forgiving | Russ Cope appeared first on Best Poetry. Go to Source Author: Best Poetry…
After my mother’s death, her belongings devitalized Her furniture: tables and chairs in a secondhand store Her flatware; somewhat less than service for eight Her clothes: just rags in some cartons for Goodwill Floating lifeless amputated from person place time All wrapped up with some flowers, and a plain pine box A graveside ceremony, a…
On Tuesday, February 13, 2024, the poet Joseph Harrison died at home in Baltimore, not quite five months after a diagnosis of brain cancer. He was 66 years old. Just days before the end, he had received an advance copy of his Collected Poems from Waywiser Press, and although he could no longer read, he…
