Oh, the reward of time taken . . .
If a reader lives a thousand lives before he dies
let’s go
these stories, a shared experience
akin to proximity
Poetry Themes and Links
Below, two recent contemporary poems followed by two Early American poems:
On struggling, coping
Chisom Okafor, via THRUSH Poetry Journal:
hymn to the bowstring
Culmination of stress
Jared Harél, via Beloit Poetry Journal (pdf will download):
Great American Eclipse
Failure, or bravery, the good fight, tragic consequence
Emily Dickinson, via Bartleby:
I TOOK my power in my hand
Self Awareness, Acceptance, Nature, Leisure
Walt Whitman, via Poetry Foundation:
Song of Myself
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