Reject | Mary Bone

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Inside a wall under a roof on a floor legs folded body hunched I read a poem By poem’s end I am un-walled un-roofed un-floored un-folded un-hunched un-read un-I’d More at http://www.larryschugpoet.com. The post By Poem’s End | Larry Schug appeared first on Best Poetry. Go to Source Author: Best Poetry Online

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                              _______________________________________________________ The Bodies   The bodies lie along the shoulder of the road. The bodies lie in an ambulance, a truck bed, a stretcher. The bodies are strobed in flaring lights, color of fire, color of night. The bodies rest…

From Columbia College Today, Fall 2023 “David Lehman ’70 marks 35 years of celebrating the best American verse.” By George Spencer Poet David Lehman ’70 has a habit he shares with Emily Dickinson and Robert Browning: He writes a poem a day. He challenged himself to do so from 1996 to 2000 and resumed the practice…

                                      _________________________________________________ When I Say Hello to the Oldest Apples                                                               they tell me a mountain is good for me. disowned by my…