april poems

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happy abril!

in honor of national poetry month, i’d like to share some poems that’ve meant something to me these days. consider this a bulletin board – take and note what you will!

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“Dogfish”, Mary Oliver

 


 

 

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by Denise Levertov


 

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excerpt of “For Winnie”, Gwendolyn Brooks

 


 

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Eve cites partial inspiration from the passing of Emmett’s cousin, who lived to be 74, and the poem “For Peshawar” by Fatimah Asghar.

I wish them only a mundane life.

 


 

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from the collection You Will Be Able To Say A Thousand Words

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from The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovani, Copyright © 1996 by Nikki Giovani.

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