Poetry Reading by Maggie Devers & An Exciting Announcement

Poetry Reading Maggie Devers After Chelsie DianeThis is a rememberingWhen we come togetherAnd read our truth.We have been doing this forever.They have tried to stop us—Burnt us alive, tied rocks to our ankles and threw us in the river, locked us in cages.So many cages.But we didn't stop.We can never stop,We are right where we are.The audiobook of my debut poetry book, For My Daughter, will be released 12/12.In the tradition of a poem a day, starting 11/5, I will be offering a daily reading from the book for subscribers to One Poem Only.You can subscribe on Substack and Pateron.Mentioned in this episode:Write After with One Poem OnlyWrite After is a way to encourage poets to listen and write, and use National Poetry Month to highlight how listening to poetry makes us better poets. I know I write the best when I’m surrounded by beautiful poetry–it’s part of the reason I created this podcast, and I want to encourage others to share this practice. If you want to join: Listen to a poem from the month of April on One Poem Only, then write your own in response. I will pick one for each day to read in June for a special series: One Poem After 🍎🍏 Submissions close May 15.Write After Submissions Form