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

Aug 18 - As I sit frustrated at the world’s apathies by Mar Lamar @marlamarrr on Instagram. Listen to her songs To the Moon & Someone to Blame now.

Aug 19 - She will always be an unfinished poem. by Nur Houda Or @neverjustathought on Instagram.

Aug 20 - In which I explain myself by Alex Dawson @alexdawcreates on Instagram. Second Nature on Substack. Her book, All these Living Things, is out now. She curated and edited the anthology, Upon Learning That: A Collection of Poetry Based on Facts About the Natural World. It is out now.

Aug 21 - I Seek Solace I Seek Peace by Ro Hefzu @ro_hefzu on Instagram and Facebook. Ro Hefzu on Substack.

Aug 22 - Hope is Dancing by James Roethlein @jroeth71 on Instagram. His books: Musing on the Cricket Game of Life Part 1 1/2 (2018), An Extravagant Way of Saying Nothing (2020), Letters to Roxanne (2022), and Writing With Scissors (2022)

Aug 23 - Home by Narayani Goenka @star_lit_words on Instagram. She is featured in Across Latitude & Language: World Poetry Anthology published by Delhi Poetry Slam.

Aug 24 -

Full Moon in Capricorn Maggie Devers I made potato soup with chicken stock, butter and creamAnd felt like a wealthy peasant To know such bounty as potato soup
I read something and took a screenshot of itAnd then it hit me in the face:This is the way I want to write, and I can
I Googled when the moon would be fullExactlyAnd listened to my neighbors cackle from their balcony
Everything we want is already hereJust waiting for us to hold open the door And nod the way inside.

More from Maggie Devers ↓

• Read my debut poetry book, For My Daughter
• Follow me on Instagram for more poetry @rembrandts.cure

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