NPM 2016
Day 10 of National Poetry Month
“The Runner” by Walt Whitman, from Leaves of Grass (1867)
Day 9 of National Poetry Month
“A Blessing” by James Wright, from Above the River (1990)
Day 8 of National Poetry Month
“Bicycle Spring”
Kevin FitzPatrick
from Down on the Cornor (Midwest Villages and Voices)
Day 7 of National Poetry Month
from “Arrows” by Tony Hoagland in Donkey Gospel (1998)
Day 6 of National Poetry Month
Knowledge and Memory
Ashley Wilson
Memories I can play
like a VHS inside
my head.
I can recall his voice, a
slow, drowsy drawl with
a condescending edge.
I can recall his taste, a
bittersweet memory.
I can recall how
it felt to be held
in his arms.
The memory refuses to play.
The VHS is broken,
like I am, and
there is black tape littering the carpet.
I can only remember
the blood staining our mattress and
my body’s natural response to
desperately lubricate itself
before more damage was done.
He thought it meant
I liked it,
so he kept going.
from Currents, 50 (2016)
Poem for Day 5 of National Poetry Month
Henry Carlile, “The Cardinal” (from Running Lights, 1981)
A Poem for Day 4 of National Poetry Month
Charles Wright, “It’s Sweet to Be Remembered”
Video by Audrey Weiss, STLCC–Meramec Student
Day 3 of National Poetry Month
Robert Herrick, “To Daffodils”
A Poem for Day 2 of National Poetry Month
Muddy Bank 