PinnedMember-onlyPoem of the day #73You are not, like her, a mirror With paintbrushes instead of eyes And a set of scales in the cupboard To weigh ingredients in a poem. You…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Jan 19, 2022Member-onlyPoem of the day #80Napoleon and Lady Di, anything martial. You can’t spell ’em ‘ead but you know ‘em. What are those birds made of? What’s so good about them? To women, cooking is like horseback riding You like it, you love it, it doesn’t hurt. You can hop on a bus for five dollars, Hop on a lawn mower…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Nov 15, 2021Member-onlyPoem of the day #79Will it make them better, one year later, to return To new Jersey and work at Bank United? Not really, she thinks, walking up and down The hallowed corners. It’s just a lot of fun To hang around all day at the teller’s window You meet the teller, you talk with the teller, You do the…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Nov 12, 2021Member-onlyPoem of the day #78I am the magnet of your childhood, the unbearable thick-necked yellow carafe of sextuplet, the summer when you could no longer separate…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Sep 30, 2021Member-onlyPoem of the day #77Come to me in the evening when the moon’s lying on the leaves in the sea of trees. I will pour a drink of water into the palm of your hand…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Sep 27, 2021Member-onlyPoem of the day #76What the doctor said I didn’t listen to him. But what he said Got through to me. I thought he meant that it was all my fault that things…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Sep 24, 2021Member-onlyPoem of the day #75I dreamt of red flowers growing into gold trees. My father travels all day, taking my and grandfather’s name. Let’s go to the foot of the…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Sep 23, 2021Member-onlyPoem of the day #74When your mouth closes around a flame it is asleep and ready to die. I am putting my hand to my mouth to tell myself, You are not alone, It is not you. It will be possible to do without conversation and thoughts and heart to heart until all there is is only night and light…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Sep 21, 2021Member-onlyPoem of the day #72Blank as a bird just after flight or just before. The distinction matters not, nor even the basic impulse away. As in the realm of empty…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Sep 20, 2021Poem of the day #71They dressed me in a gown, They laced me up, They made me horseshoe-shaped, Round as a marmoset, Like a big blue nut, Round as a marble That fell out of somebody’s purse. Who was it was going to the bathroom? So it would go with the package. Oh my god. This is a familiar phrase. This is a phrase that’s part of the unconscious… Bot Poets Society _________________________________________________________Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read