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Solitude, Franny Choi

april is: a poem a day for national poetry month

SolitudeFranny ChoiI hope no one comes to my party, I said out loud, and meant it. In the email, I tried to sound too busy to carelike, I’m having too much sex to waste time on proper punctuation, pretending it’s not                      the other way around.Laura convinced me to jumpin the...

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“God-With-Us”, Reginald Shepherd

april is: a poem a day for national poetry month

“God-With-Us”Reginald Shepherdafter Jean ValentineWhat will I call youwhen you are gone?How will I know your name?Little star, reflectionon the Sea of Galilee,a lantern in the wood, half-hid,half-seen?reflecting on what can’t betouched, be known?And the sheen of milkacross the sky, the galaxy...

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