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

Sep 29 - Lebensabschnittspartner by Sarthak Mukherji @sarthaksays on Instagram and TikTok.

Sep 30 - Taemong by Kimberly McAfee @writerpoetkim on Instagram. The Savior/Shadow Principle: A Self-Help Technique and Philosophy Using Archetypes is out now along with, The Savior and the Shadow Queen: A Fantastical Tale Told Through Sequential Poems, the poetry collection and companion work to The Savior/Shadow Principle. This poem is published in her chapbook, AmerAsian: My Journey to Becoming Whole as a Mixed Korean-American.

Oct 1 - Grapes by Frankie Reed @frankensteins.curios on Instagram. She is co-curator of Flesh and Parchment, a Liverpool based zine and live poetry event celebrating queer and neurodivergent creativity.

Oct 2 - Silver Filigree by Travers Charron @traverscharron on Substack. His tanka and haiku collection, Glass Shadows, is available now.

Oct 3 - i am not a poet by Kole Kealey @kolekealeypoetry on Instagram. Her book Sunflowers Sting: Where Poetry Meets Boudoir will be out soon.

Oct 4 - Bloodfruit by Abby Zhang @abbyz.320 on Instagram. She is the Cofounder and Editor in Chief of The Sixth House a youth-led lit magazine, based in Montréal.

Oct 5 - Kick ItMaggie DeversI’m giving up smokingEven though I’ve yet to startNicotine makes me queasy But I wanted an impossible goal all the same
So I’ve flushed my non-existent cigarettes And slapped an imaginary patch on my armTo face each day bravely without somethingI’ve yet to grow accustomed
In the quest for a lie to be smug about,A make-believe deprivationTo tide me overUntil that next craving hits.

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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