Poetry Across The Web (Week Two)

by John Hewitt on 7/19/2007

This week, once again, the web has yielded plenty of new poems for poetry lovers to read. Here are a few, with my favorite lines selected.

An Eighth Lesson in Magic
In the absence of miracles, the pot
simmers a new husband in the oven.

They’re Leaving Home
After forty years he has to wonder,
will he ever go back to that street?

mandate (social)
Dollars notwithstanding, they each burn their own way.

Sojourns in a Parallel World
We call it “Nature”; only reluctantly
admitting ourselves to be “Nature” too.

Blues
I am lazy, the laziest
girl in the world.

The Scent of Blue
As a girl, she wears Bluebell,
fresh and full of hope

Perfect Dead
You are improving
as you die

Her Eyes Filled, Thus the Poem Spoke
doves of peace
fluttering like Mae West’s eye-lashes

Lake Powell Revisited
sandstone reaches up
from man’s hoarded water tank

Happiness
happiness is the uncle you never
knew about

The final poem is one of mine:

Snow Together
I had to describe it for her
Falling down and collecting on the windshield

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{ 4 comments }

Spicy July 19, 2007 at 5:48 pm

Thanks for the promo, appreciated!

John Hewitt July 19, 2007 at 5:54 pm

I’m always happy to spread the word Spicy.

Catherine Czerkawska August 5, 2007 at 11:10 am

Many thanks for the link. very nice inspirational site. I plan to post more poems from time to time so do keep looking
Cheers,
Catherine

diane September 8, 2007 at 5:57 am

this is a good website. My question is, if readers want to share previously published poems, how do they go about doing that? People in my “circle” like to share “poems they like” not only poems they write. how do you do that?

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