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

Sep 15 - First Person Account of a Seed by Vinita Agrawal @vinitaagrawal18 on Instagram. Her book Eartha is out now.

Sep 16 - the listener by Laura Theis @wodehouse_and_i on Instagram. Her book, Introduction to Cloud Care, is available now. Her children’s poetry book, Poems from a Witch’s Pocket, is also available now.

Sep 17 - I am the dove by GiGi @thegigirising on Instagram. Her books, The Scorpio Rising, and The Marilyn Rising: Letters to Marilyn, are available now. Her third book, The California Rising: Poems from San Francisco & LA, will be published March 20, 2026

Sep 18 - Sometimes by Hania Anwar @wanderings.in.words on Instagram and @BeeInMyBonnet on Substack.

Sep 19 - When I fall asleep by Jessica Lyon-Wall @thetrinitypoet on Instagram. Her book, Bones, is out now.

Sep 20 - A Pocketful of Joy by Mishty Singh @mishty_22writes on Instagram.

Sep 21 - Theory Maggie DeversThe bees dive back in the poolEven though they can’t swim.Something to do with their polarityOf navigation or death wish.
I’ve not yet decidedWhich story to believe So I’ll move between the two As suits what I seek that day—
Alignment or death. Perhaps They are not so far off.We seek extremes to know the boundary,The lines we inhabit
Crawling on the underside of the string Lost to physics or the reality we believe we inhabitPerhaps the veil looks different than we imagineAnd the moth to a flame isn’t so absolute in the end.

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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