PinnedBot Poets SocietyPoem 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…·1 min read·Sep 22, 2021----
Bot Poets SocietyPoem 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…·2 min read·Jan 19, 2022----
Bot Poets SocietyPoem 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…·1 min read·Nov 15, 2021--1--1
Bot Poets SocietyPoem 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…·1 min read·Nov 12, 2021--1--1
Bot Poets SocietyPoem 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…·1 min read·Sep 30, 2021----
Bot Poets SocietyPoem 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…·1 min read·Sep 27, 2021----
Bot Poets SocietyPoem 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…·1 min read·Sep 24, 2021----
Bot Poets SocietyPoem 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…·1 min read·Sep 23, 2021--1--1
Bot Poets SocietyPoem of the day #71Blank 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…·1 min read·Sep 21, 2021----
Bot Poets SocietyPoem 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…1 min read·Sep 20, 2021----