Alone with my thoughts Thoughts short of words Words short of actions Actions buried in slums. Solitude! Excellence: Consists of hard work with handiwork Actions that speak louder for themselves. That is why a man with PHD is celebrated Though his altitude ruins him: himself. I am born to lead I am born to rule. […]
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If he had Danced a slow foxtrot She would not Have vanished Had he swayed With the music Never could he Have forsaken her But the rains came With deafening voices And the fires Yet triumph How foolish Were they More at http://shannon50.dudaone.com/poetry-by-bonnie. The post Climate Change | Bonnie Burka Shannon appeared first on Best…
A brief reading of Emily Dickinson’s We Grow Accustomed to the Dark. We grow accustomed to the Dark — When light is put away — As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp To witness her Goodbye — A Moment — We uncertain step For newness of the night — Then — fit our Vision to…
I have hesitated to post a personal joy amid so much tragedy and horror—but that said: I am thrilled and honored to have a poem, “Chopin In Palma,” in The Best American Poetry 2023. So my deep-felt thanks and gratitude to series editor, David Lehman, and this year’s guest editor, Elaine Equi. Oddly, when I…
I found a secret shallow lake green with muck when I was ten, covered by reaching down trees, a hallowed hiding place I could never find again. The post Secret Shallow | J. Ash Gamble appeared first on Best Poetry. Go to Source Author: Best Poetry Online
when it’s lyrics in a silent movie worldtakes them inwhen tuning into soundsis really listening when people talkswitches offwhen has to pay attentionfloats off with a drag and a cough has favouriteswrites off othersmemories are for keepsbut with what just happened hardly bothers selfish as a charity workertrapped as a volunteerstages a downfallputs on a…
Nin Andrews, a regular contributor to this blog, whose poems have appeared in four editions of The Best American Poetry, has brilliantly extended the conceit she introduced in her Book of Orgasms, first published in 1994, reprinted since then, and characterized often as an international cult classic. In the new book there are poems that reflects Andrews’s passionate…
