Posting the occasional poem and the occasional meditation on that poem. Or, in other words: weekly essays on poetry and more.
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Kay Ryan’s “Cut Out For It”
Cut Out For It
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Cut out
as a horse
is cut
from the
pack. Peeled
off, but
a long time
back. Now
such a feeling
for...
Mark Doty’s “Brian Age Seven”
Brian Age Seven
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Grateful for their tour
of the pharmacy,
the first-grade class
has drawn these pictures,
each self-portrait taped...
from bell hooks’ “Appalachian Elegy”
14.
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hard rain
softens harder ground
from solid rock
to mud so think
feet go under
making every step
dirge and trial
even...
Olav Hauge’s “It’s Cold in Big Houses” (translated by Robert Bly & Robert Hedin)
It’s Cold in Big Houses
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translated by Robert Bly & Robert Hedin
It's cold in big houses.
I notice it in the fall
when the first gra...
Patricia Smith’s “The President Flies Over”
The President Flies Over
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Aloft between heaven and them,
I babble the landscape—what staunch, vicious trees,
what cluttered roads, slow...
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Devin Kelly is a writer and teacher living in NYC. His writing has appeared in Longreads, The Guardian, and more. His first novel, "Pilgrims," is forthcoming from Great Place Books in 2025.
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