Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.

Jan 19 - Chasing the Light by Old Fart with a Guitar @old_fart_with_a_guitar on Instagram. Stream his music: OFWAG LinkTree.

Jan 20 - A Merciless Winter by Farida Shamim

Jan 21 - Don't call it hope or you'll scare it away by Candace Kronen rom Candace Kronen @candacekronenpoetry on Instagram. Her Substack: Stories I'll Tell My Daughter. She is co-editor and publisher of If You Ever: Poems Inspired by Kim Addonizio. Listen to me read, When I can’t sleep, I Google how the world ends. by Candace on Instagram at @rembrandts.cure.

Jan 22 - Shimmer by Jessie Marie @Jessie.Kaiser on Instagram and Threads.

Jan 23 - “Hope isn't a shy thing” by Eileen Strawberry @Soulsounds20 on Instagram. Wayward Traveller on Substack. Her poetry appears in Beautiful Ways to Say edited by Katie Elizabeth.

Jan 24 - Same Old Story by Amelia Cabantog @meels_the_poet on Instagram.

Jan 25

Burn the Flag Maggie Devers Burn all the flags Strew the tea in the harbor Fill the kettle or the pot Pour it out, drink it down Divine the future
Free from false idols Free from men who say There is no future in the leaves, That all we can hope for in the saucer Is bitter grit in our teeth
But they don't know that ash is soft Between our fingers We paint our bodies To become one with the dust With the end And the beginning

More from Maggie Devers ↓

1. My debut poetry collection, For My Daughter, available as an audiobook.
2. Purchase a signed copy of For My Daughter or get one free by subscribing to the podcast: One Poem Only on Patreon
3. Follow me on Instagram for more poetry @rembrandts.cure

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