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Sunday Recap & "What 42 years of life have taught me" by Maggie Devers
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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 26
What 42 years of life have taught me
It’s dangerous to be afraid all the time.
Afraid to love
Afraid to lose
Afraid of yourself
Afraid of your deepest, darkest thoughts
Afraid to know, really know those around you
Afraid the rugs gonna be pulled out
Just as soon as something good happens
Afraid to think those thoughts
Afraid of too much joy
Or too little
Afraid things will never be this good again
Afraid of change—
That unrelenting path forward
The march to an inevitable end
Afraid of death
Afraid of life
Afraid of what other people think of you, say about you behind your back
All these fears are dangerous because they are untrue
There is nothing we can control with worry
Or knowledge
Or prayers
We can control our fear
We can choose to no longer be afraid
By choosing to wake up every day in the wild, wild world,
Claiming our life as our own
Even as fear simmers around us.
-Maggie Devers
More from Maggie Devers ↓
- Read my debut poetry book, For My Daughter
- Follow me on Instagram for more poetry @rembrandts.cure
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