Sunday Recap & "What 42 years of life have taught me" by Maggie Devers

Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Oct 20 - Places Passing By by Paige Keller @pk_fictions on Instagram. Her book, Now Everything Changes, is available now from her website: pkfictions.com.Oct 21 - Keeping It This Way by Swan Melloh @three.letters.poetry on Instagram. Her poem, This is my insides, is published in the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of Kailon Magazine.Oct 22 - "If love were a predator," by McKenzie Hager @lavendermorbs on Instagram. Her book, Ink, Grace, and F-Bombs, is out now. Listen to me read another poem by McKenzie on Instagram @rembrandts.cure.Oct 23 - Seventh Wonder by Jesujoba Isaac @jobathepoete on Instagram where he merges poetry and fashion.Oct 24 - Bills for Bills of Bills for Bills by Charlotte Stuart @charli_is_not_simba on Instagram.Oct 25 - Garden of Eden by Yonsiri Rojas @lvrimar on Instagram.Oct 26What 42 years of life have taught meIt’s dangerous to be afraid all the time.Afraid to loveAfraid to loseAfraid of yourself Afraid of your deepest, darkest thoughtsAfraid to know, really know those around youAfraid the rugs gonna be pulled outJust as soon as something good happens Afraid to think those thoughts Afraid of too much joy Or too littleAfraid things will never be this good againAfraid of change—That unrelenting path forward The march to an inevitable endAfraid of deathAfraid of lifeAfraid of what other people think of you, say about you behind your backAll these fears are dangerous because they are untrueThere is nothing we can control with worryOr knowledge Or prayersWe can control our fearWe can choose to no longer be afraid By choosing to wake up every day in the wild, wild world,Claiming our life as our ownEven as fear simmers around us.-Maggie DeversMore from Maggie Devers ↓Read my debut poetry book, For My DaughterFollow me on Instagram for more poetry @rembrandts.cure