Irises by Maggie Devers

Irises

Maggie Devers

I had to write her story
Before I heard it from the lips of another,
Even a writer I admired—
I had to release it first.

So I stopped reading
To write it down
And saw it dance across the pages
Five lines later.

Such certainty predilection
Brings to life.
Irises between pages
You cannot deny.

* Read my debut poetry book, For My Daughter

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Submissions are open. If you have a poem you want me to read on the podcast, now’s the time.

I’m looking for the one that lights you up. The one you’re proud of. The one you can’t read without crying. The one that makes you feel something big.

Let’s make space for the one this Fall on One Poem Only.

Deadline is Thursday, July 31.

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