Today, the exact middle of this 30/30, seems like a good time to think of the middles, the in-betweens.
Today we are reading "Between Wars" by Joy Ladin. https://poets.org/poem/between-wars
Think of a time when you were in between struggles, or challenges. Maybe a moment of respite, but maybe also just a moment of stillness to reel in the aftermath. What does the lull look like? What past does it reveal as past, what violence or turmoil does it stand in contrast to?
Our final prompt this year comes to us from Cameron Awkward-Rich, and his iconic poem, "Meditations in an Emergency" https://www.splitthisrock.org/poetry-database/poem/meditations-in-an-emergency Ther
I am obsessed with the sonics of this poem. You so clearly see the musical influence, not just in the referential lines, but in how the sonics form the logic of the piece. https://poets.org/poem/ride-
Today is a gorgeous reflective poem, "Taharah." https://poets.org/poem/taharah This piece deals with the idea of the afterlife, not in terms of heaven or hell, but in terms of thelife our body has aft