Poetry
DPF / Herbert
from The Flower / by George Herbert
Who would have thought my shriveled heart
Could have recovered greenness?
DPF / Schuyler
More for the flowers. This one’s from The New American Poetry, ed. by Donald M. Allen (1960).
from Salute / by James Schuyler (1923-1991)
to gather one
of each kind of clover,
daisy, paintbrush that
grew in that field
DPF / Smith
From the new APR, July/August 2014.
https://www.aprweb.org/
from Samsara / by Charlie Smith b. 1947
a man of Africa,
traveled ages to sit before the #2 Concerto in A Minor. In my dream,
cabbage roses
DPF / Martin
I like this title. What is this world? It is. This one’s from Thrush Poetry Journal: an anthology of the first two years, ed. by Helen Vitoria. Thrush Press is here, and then there’s a brief bio:
http://www.thrushpress.com/
http://www.pw.org/content/mg_martin
from it is / by M.G. Martin
it is inside the return of a sorrow only known on an ocean floor.
DPF / Gray
More birds. Another from, Bright Wings, ed. by Billy Collins. More here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/juliana-gray
from Rose-Breasted Grosbeak / by Juliana Gray
heart’s blood, blush or flush or crush of wine-
dark berries over snow.
DPF / Kingsley
An oceany-y one, from the ABZ First Book Poetry Prize 2013, winner: Traceries. More here and here:
http://www.amethystarsenic.com/issues/4-1/jean-a-kingsley.php
http://abzpress.sharepoint.com/Pages/2013PoetryPrizeWinner.aspx
from Private Chambers / by Jean A. Kingsley
like the grand armada of gallied whales
who spiral in toward the middle
creating a sleek on the ocean’s surface
DPF / Peacock
For miracles. This one’s from the book, Villanelles, ed. by Annie Finch and Marie-Elizabeth Mali. More here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/molly-peacock
from Little Miracle / by Molly Peacock b. 1949
No use getting hysterical.
The important part is: we’re here.
Our lives are a little miracle.
DPF / Lawless
This one’s for hope. I have done this before, too. More here & here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/inspire-hope
http://amylawless.blogspot.com/
from Inspire Hope / by Amy Lawless
it is crucial to stack fifty pounds of books on the left-hand side of my bed
DPF / Squillante
A bird day. This one is lovely Thrush Press Broadside 17, a broadside I recently received in the mail.
http://www.thrushpress.com/our-broadsides.html
http://allthingsedible.wordpress.com/
from Flight / by Sheila Squillante
bright feathers shoulder past the window
you watch them
fluster
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