Grief

The Saddest Noise, The Sweetest Noise by Emily Dickinson

It makes us think of what we had

Feb 3 • Karan Kapoor

Yellowstone, WY by Emily Lawson

Now I hardly remember the hospital room

Jan 19 • Karan Kapoor

Arrival by Erin Slaughter

Moths squint in his throat

Jan 3 • Shannan Mann

Elegy for the Last Time I Saw Your Hangnails by Maren Logan

Go ahead, call me crazy. Call me cowpunk.

Dec 27, 2025 • Karan Kapoor, Maren Logan, and ONLY POEMS DAILY

Visitation by Dean Rader

when the ghosts arrive in their little wagons of bone

Dec 10, 2025 • Karan Kapoor

Dying of Thirst, Surrounded by Water by Henry Israeli

Someone said, you can’t overestimate the body’s desire for eternity.

Dec 8, 2025 • Karan Kapoor

Dear Greta, by Basman Aldirawi

I wonder how humanity can be carried in a boat? Isn’t it supposed to be heavier, bigger?

Dec 1, 2025 • Karan Kapoor

I came here, in idleness by Anna Akhmatova

I call to that mermaid by The pond: the mermaid’s dead

Nov 28, 2025 • Svetlana Litvinchuk

Geomorphology by Cole Pragides

Erosion happens slowly, then all at once.

Nov 27, 2025 • Karan Kapoor and ONLY POEMS DAILY

Related Matters by Emily Jungmin Yoon

These days, everything feels like the end.

Nov 26, 2025 • Karan Kapoor

The Silver Lily by Louise Glück

In spring, when the moon rose, it meant time was endless.

Nov 18, 2025 • Svetlana Litvinchuk and ONLY POEMS DAILY

Kismet by Ethel Rackin

but deep down we knew it was us losing everything

Nov 17, 2025 • Karan Kapoor

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