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I had no idea Katherine Mansfield wrote poems, only that she wrote short stories (I must not have been paying attention). Apparently, only a handful of her poems were published in her lifetime, with a posthumous collection. This poem is fever-dreamy.
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The violence waits / for someone to approach
Kay Ryan
ALT DEFERRED SILENCE There is a deferred silence which only follows a deferred sound. As when an oak falls when no one is around. The violence waits for someone to approach to have just stopped. There is that ozone freshness to the aftershock. --KAY RYAN
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C.P. Cavafy ~
I created you while I was happy, while I was sad,
with so many incidents, so many details.
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two poems by Bill Knott
ALT WRONG I wish to be misunderstood; that is, to be understood from your perspective.
ALT LOVELADE The sea is the cargo of empty ships Moon bears the sun when it’s gone My face with the trace of your lips Will fare from now on and on
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happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜
feel free to share small poems you wrote or ones you love by other poets :)
here’s one by Charlie Zacks, from Who Will Find My Body~
ALT KISS Watching strangers kiss on the corner. It’s a windy night. Enough to ruin my hair. I’m alone, but I’m glad good things still happen.
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Also, the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature is a joke. Palestinian poetry can carry more meaning in every single word.
