Request: Hello poet lovers. I am hoping you will share with me poetry about parenting and/or the love between parents and children. In return I offer one by Szybist that has not been posted before ( Read more... )

On Wanting to Tell [ ] about a Girl Eating Fish EyesMary Szybist ( Read more... )

If this has been posted recently, my apologies.  I haven't been watching closely.

First Confession

So I bound the devil in chains and beat him.
Oh, he was sore. He admitted his poor
tactics. "Lady, have pity--on me--"
he begged, but I wagged my dogs on.

Or rather one dog. My sorry mutt
whose damp black nose nudged deep
into the demon's thigh. I raised his ( Read more... )