by Martha Deed
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“Lox Him Up!” tweeted by @DAMendelsohnNYC. |
A Queens man was indicted Thursday for allegedly making hush money payments to a porn star before he was elected President of the United States in 2016. —Queens Eagle, March 30, 2023
Purple lilac buds double in size almost overnight,
defying snow and ice, while all across the country,
poets are writing small poems each day
for National Poetry Month to prove that they can.
They seek images that split their lines wide open even in the rain.
Two House Finches—pinkish he, strong-striped she—
24th species of the year to feast at the feeder.
A lame Canada Goose crosses the yard. Green
leaves drip from its beak. A feral black cat
circles the base of the feeder, its eyes to the ground.
The sharp-eyed poets seek something novel,
like whalers persevering through fog.
Trump's first indictment ain't it.
Martha Deed's poems have appeared in The New Verse News, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Grand Little Things, BlazeVox Journal, Mason Street Review, Unlikelystories, and many others. Her third poetry collection Haunted by Martha is forthcoming from FootHills Publishing in 2023. Two Pushcart Nominations and one Best of the Net Nomination.