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Driftwood | Roy Pullam
The spring rains Brought driftwood Down the river Depositing it At the boat ramp A mess That blocked the launch Of recreational craft I saw her approach Pulling a little cart She gleaned the pile Moving the limbs Searching for the pieces Bleached white By the turgid foam She eyed it Rejecting some Gathering others…
Wishing I Could | Edgar Law
And do you know how I went to that high place knowing how I tumbled and wishing I could peel and throw away the errors of years past? The post Wishing I Could | Edgar Law appeared first on Best Poetry. Go to Source Author: Best Poetry Online
WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: December 27, 2023
Earlier this year, Souvenir Spoon Books published Gregg Shapiro’s Refrain in Light. With its sly nod to the 1980’s album by the Talking Heads, Refrain in Light embraces the historical geography of place, remembering what has come before and celebrating with odes to what is here now. In this Americana road trip of poems you’ll find verse both…
Daddy’s Shoe | Edgar Law
Daddy’s shoe, what do we do, he’s long since gone, Daddy’s shoe, the one he wore when he picked us up from the corner store, He’s a ghost now, invisible, we hear him in the halls, if our voices had walls, he’d be rapping on them, Daddy’s shoe, he’s the fear we knew, too trembling…
She | Sofia Hellgren
She. Her brown long hair And her dress, purple. Fairy wear. Shes a girl With glitter on her cheeks. And she walks the beach under the moon and sings in Greek to the old Gods to whom she belongs. Shes a pirate and a gypsy. And a beauty. She is a goddess. Her beauty is…