And thank you and Shannan for making so much great poetry available through ONLY POEMS. Too many sites present the same kinds of poems by different poems. Tedious and mostly about poetry’s past. But the poems you present, like this one, are always a refreshing surprise. New eyes to see the known world. Sometimes new eyes to see unknown worlds. Glimpses into where poetry could go. Glimpses into poets who are looking and listening where we could too. News not on most media. So yeah.
When I moved to South Florida, I became more involved in the local poetry community because good poets weren’t just writing about the face behind the face in their mirrors. Poets like Campbell McGrath were writing about being paernts. I wasn’t yet a parent myself but I loved reading and hearing poetry about what extends us beyond ourselves in the world. This is a wonderful poem in this tradition. Thank you for elevating the world for us.
And thank you and Shannan for making so much great poetry available through ONLY POEMS. Too many sites present the same kinds of poems by different poems. Tedious and mostly about poetry’s past. But the poems you present, like this one, are always a refreshing surprise. New eyes to see the known world. Sometimes new eyes to see unknown worlds. Glimpses into where poetry could go. Glimpses into poets who are looking and listening where we could too. News not on most media. So yeah.
And thank you and Shannan for making so much great poetry available through ONLY POEMS. Too many sites present the same kinds of poems by different poems. Tedious and mostly about poetry’s past. But the poems you present, like this one, are always a refreshing surprise. New eyes to see the known world. Sometimes new eyes to see unknown worlds. Glimpses into where poetry could go. Glimpses into poets who are looking and listening where we could too. News not on most media. So yeah.
When I moved to South Florida, I became more involved in the local poetry community because good poets weren’t just writing about the face behind the face in their mirrors. Poets like Campbell McGrath were writing about being paernts. I wasn’t yet a parent myself but I loved reading and hearing poetry about what extends us beyond ourselves in the world. This is a wonderful poem in this tradition. Thank you for elevating the world for us.
Thank you for your readership, Richard! I’ll check out Campbell McGrath’s poems.
And thank you and Shannan for making so much great poetry available through ONLY POEMS. Too many sites present the same kinds of poems by different poems. Tedious and mostly about poetry’s past. But the poems you present, like this one, are always a refreshing surprise. New eyes to see the known world. Sometimes new eyes to see unknown worlds. Glimpses into where poetry could go. Glimpses into poets who are looking and listening where we could too. News not on most media. So yeah.
I love this idea as poetry as news. Thank you for reading, Richard.
Star with his “Seven Notebooks.” I love it.
This is a beautiful and, says a five-time father, extraordinarily accurate poem.
"I wanted to die while you slept across my chest. The best feelings are not named"-- no one could say that better!
Agreed, what a gift to feel this five times, Sydney.
Thank you for your careful reading, Sydney! So glad to have you here🌻
Perfection.
Utter perfection. Thank you so much for reading, Cynthia.
This poem is so heart-opening that it dissolves any sense of otherness. Thank you for reading!