Poetry

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Poem | Hurakan Despacito

“The workers clearing rainforest wreckage / from an upper road see clear / to the ocean over downed trees, to a bay / glowing with ancient messages.”
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Poem | Cave Painting

“The land is wide and made of stone. / The horizon is unseen, but also rock. The excited, / fearful cheers, too, are grain / beside grain of lime-stone.”
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Poem | Salt

Domestic presence, staple, / residue of tears, / buoyancy, the rocking buoy / saying to drifting children / here, where I am / you may drop your nets
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National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, we’re collecting poems and writings about poetry, with new additions by our literary critic every Friday.
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