Sunday Recap & Forty-Three Is Poetry by Maggie Devers

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Oct 27 -  i don't remember being small by Momena Khan @still.in.my.d4afts_ on Instagram.Oct 28 - What Are We by Laker Patience @laker.p_poet on Instagram. Her poetry anthology, Echoes of Colour, will be out soon.Oct 29 - Green Soup by Tabitha Dial @TabithaDial on Instagram. Her book, Cheese Astrology: A Weekly Guide, is out now. Listen to me read Apparition Appetizers by Tabitha on Instagram @rembrandts.cure.Oct 30 - The Spider by Philippe BlenkironOct 31 - Coffin monologue: The non-rhyming rant poem by Manasvita Sukthankar @manasvita._ on Instagram.Nov 1 - "I would peel pomegranates for you—" by Hareem Ismail @wordssmith_ on Instagram.Nov 2Forty-Three Is PoetryMaggie Devers After @motheatencurtainTwenty-four is driving without a steering wheelMoving at a clipBumping into all that enchants you until you fall out a windowLiterally.And you find it necessary to relearn how to climb stairs.You are empty,But thirty is flirting with the one you love,Obsessing deeper into everything you seek.Thirty-five is big and round and swollenAnd you are full of life,Not metaphorically,Though that would be simpler.Your dreams are tangibleAnd you learn how to feel them.That’s forty-three:When poetry comes into focusAnd you write all you want.It’s yours.More from Maggie Devers ↓Read my debut poetry book, For My DaughterFollow me on Instagram for more poetry @rembrandts.cure