Sunday Recap & Spin the Weekend by Maggie Devers

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

Jun 2 - cream soda by Stephanie Valente, Portals on Substack, @stephanie.maria.valente on Instagram; her book, Internet Girlfriend, is out now

Jun 3 - Lines Written At Thorp Green by Anne Bronte

Jun 4 - Honey by Debbie Radford, @debbiearadford on Instagram and TikTok; her book, The Enchanted Cottage, is out now

Jun 5 - Because that is all it is. by Maggie Devers

Jun 6 - I open a book by Joanne Witzkowski, @a.wannie on Threads & Instagram

Jun 7 - Goodnight, Yesterday by Nichole Johnson on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads; her two books: Love, Death, and Other Distractions, a Collection of Poetry & Circling The Downward Spiral

June 8 - Spin the Weekend

Maggie Devers

The beasts are brunching
With a Saturday fervor
That excites me.

The valet nearly got hit by a car,
Or I nearly ran into him,
As he stepped boldly into traffic.

He knows his purpose is greater than mine,
And I know it too,
These four hours to let it all go.

I cannot quibble with the revelers
Who watch in amazement
As the plates keep spinning.

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.

🍎 Submit Here 🍎