Pandora’s Box ~ Eva Mae Hamilton You were born and the box opened and they would not go back in and it was not just one thing but everything— a seam rip- per rending right up the middle, a lit- tle tear down the side, another spot worn to translucence, the fabric woven so carefully […]
Witness ~ Denise Levertov Sometimes the mountain is hidden from me in veils of cloud, sometimes I am hidden from the mountain in veils of inattention, apathy, fatigue, when I forget or refuse to go down to the shore or a few yards up the road, on a clear day, to reconfirm that witnessing presence.
Originally posted on One Sentence Poems: Adult Yiddish ~ Maia Evrona Language I taught myself with a textbook that my ancestors learned in the womb.
Thanks to random internet searching, I found a site called “One Sentence Poems” run by Dale Wisely and Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco. They also take submissions, so send them your poems! I am slowly working my way through the collection. Bookmark it, subscribe to it, enjoy it as it’s updated each week!
Fire Us with Ice, Burn Us with Snow ~ Mary Monck As Corydon went shiv’ring by, Sylvia a Ball of Snow let fly, Which straight a Globe of Fire became, And put the Shepherd in a Flame; Cupid now break thy Darts and Bow, Sylvia can all thy Feats out-do, Fire us with Ice, burn […]
