Today's poem:
Turning by Lucille Clifton
divasofverse.com/2020/06/turnin
Conversation
Reposting yesterday's poem:
The Suburbs Are Finally Offended by Tongo Eisen-Martin
divasofverse.com/2020/06/the-su
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Reposting the poem of the day before:
Crossing by Carl Phillips
divasofverse.com/2020/06/crossi
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Here's another poem by Lucille Clifton:
Homage to My Hips
divasofverse.com/2016/06/homage
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And another:
The Lost Baby Poem by Lucille Clifton
divasofverse.com/2015/10/the-lo
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One more:
the lesson of the falling leaves by Lucille Clifton
divasofverse.com/2020/02/the-le
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This was the poem of the day six years ago:
The End and the Beginning by Wisława Szymborska
divasofverse.com/2014/06/the-en
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This was the poem of the day five years ago:
The Truth the Dead Know by Anne Sexton
divasofverse.com/2015/06/the-tr
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This was the poem of the day four years ago:
Takeoff on Armageddon – For Ronald Reagan by Alan Dugan
divasofverse.com/2016/06/takeof
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This was the poem of the day three years ago:
Dead Butterfly by Ellen Bass
divasofverse.com/2017/06/dead-b
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This was the poem of the day two years ago:
Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven by W. B. Yeats
divasofverse.com/2018/06/aedh-w
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That’s so powerful. It made me think of Syria. And lots of places actually. But I’ve just finished reading “The Beekeeper of Aleppo” so Syria is in my head. My old hairdresser came from Aleppo and always urged me to visit because “it holds the stories from all times.”

