Bloodlettings by Erin Zarro after Emma-Jane Barlow | One Poem After

One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now. This month, One Poem Only presents One Poem After, featuring selected poems written in response to the poems shared during National Poetry Month. Each piece began as a conversation with another poem and became something entirely its own. Today’s poem is Bloodlettings by Erin Zarro after You Are Poetry by Emma-Jane Barlow. Read the full poems on Substack.More from Erin Zarro ↓@erinzpoetry on InstagramHer two chapbooks, Life as a Moving Target, and Without Wings, are available now.More from Emma-Jane Barlow ↓@emmajanepoetry on Instagram@emmajanebarlow on SubstackHer books, Darkness & Light & Sins & Sunflowers: Second Edition, are out nowSupport + Stay Connected to OPOIf you’d like to support the show, Substack and Patreon members receive a copy of my book, For My Daughter, along with episodes from the audiobook.Follow OPO on Instagram, Substack, Threads, TikTok & YouTube.Poetry shows us what we need. Thank you for being part of the experience.