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

Jun 23 - Hunger, as Salvation by Ariel K. Moniz: @kiss.of.the.seventh.star on Instagram. Her chapbook, Nostos Algos, is published with Ethel, a Micro Press.

Jun 24 - Shadows by Harriet Monroe

Jun 25 - playing god by Michaela Godding: @michaelagodding on Instagram. Her book, the year our grandmothers died, from AOS Publishing will be released February 2026. Her chapbook, Dwelling, is out now from Bottlecap Press.

Jun 26 - Inheritance by Maggie Devers: @rembrandts.cure on Instagram. Her book, For My Daughter, is out now.

Jun 27 - Gender Affirming Care by Nikki Grierson: @poeticallynikki on Instagram.

Jun 28 - fatal dance - a love story between fire and wood by velvetpoetess: @velvetpoetess on Instagram

June 29 -

Whir Maggie Devers The flower falls from the tree And floats in the waterAnimated in her demise.
That she’s held on this long,To the middle of September,Is remarkableThen again it’s warm And these days summer stays
The girl teaches me tricksBossy described this type in the olden days– Back in the eighties when they still spanked kids,She’s heard the stories.But I want to protect her from bossy
I think as the hummingbird hoversWondering what to do with flowers in the poolChirping noisily to protect the nectar still enthroned in the treeNot bossy, just directAs more flowers fall

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