Tuesday, May 21, 2019

The Tuesday Platform: in lieu of a poem

Water Lilies by Claude Monet

in lieu of a poem, i’d like to say

apricots & brown teeth in browner mouths nashing dates & a clementine’s underflesh under yellow nail & dates like auntie heads & the first time someone dried mango there was god & grandma’s Sunday only song & how the plums are better as plums dammit & i was wrong & a June’s worth of moons & the kiss stain of the berries & lord the prunes & the miracle of other people’s lives & none of my business & our hands sticky and a good empty & please please pass the bowl around again & the question of dried or ripe & the sex of grapes & too many dates & us us us us & varied are the feast but so same the sound of love gorged & the women in the Y hijab a lily in the water & all of us who come from people who signed with x’s & yesterday made delicacy in the wrinkle of the fruit & at the end of my name begins the lot of us

Copyright © 2019 Danez Smith. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on April 29, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets.

Good day, poets! I hope you all are doing amazingly well. It's May and I can not believe that we are almost halfway through 2019 already. After the grueling Poetry Month, I took a bit of a break from blogging and reading. Also, certain other aspects of life in terms of "future planning" took precedence and would continue to be the center of my attention for a couple of months. It's so good to have a break from all of that and to be hosting over here at With Real Toads.

This is Anmol (alias HA) and I welcome you all to The Tuesday Platform. This is an open link avenue for you to share a link to any poem, old or new, in the widget down below. Once you have done so, do not forget to visit others' links too and share your words/comments with them. I look forward to reading you all and I wish you a wonderfully poetic week ahead.

P.s. You may have noticed that Mr. Linky is getting displayed in a different manner on this post. I am checking if it can be sorted out and restored to the usual display. Till then, please click on the widget button which would open up a new tab. You can add your link and visit others' posts from there.

13 comments:

brudberg said...

Hello all... linking up a poem i wrote yesterday in 44 words.

robkistner said...

Here is a poem of great meaning to me, the first version of which I published in 2009. I revised it yesterday to 44 words.

Anmol (HA) said...

Good day, poets! I hope everyone is doing great. I am rather tired of the happenings in my "non-virtual" life. So, I really look forward to all the poems I will get to read this week.

Rommy said...

Sorry your non-cyber life has been chaotic. I hope it gets better soon.

Sanaa Rizvi said...

Thank you for hosting, Anmol! The weather is extremely hot and humid here during the month of Ramadan. I will be back in the evening to read and comment. Happy Tuesday, everyone!❤️

annell4 said...

Life offers a banquet of choice, hope your's settles down.

Vivian Zems said...

Happy birthday Anmol! Hope you have a good one :) Mine's a quadrille bout recognising true riches.

tonispencer said...

Happy birthday Anmol! 🌸🌸🌸
Mine is a quadrille.

Sherry Blue Sky said...

Hope your birthday is wonderful, Anmol! May there be cake! Thank you for hosting, kiddo.

colleen said...

Following life's maps through scars and paths. Happy to see you all here.

Jim said...

♪♪Happy Birthday to you,♪♪
♪♪Happy Birthday to you,♪♪
♪♪Happy Birthday Dear Anmol,♪♪
♪♪Happy Birthday to you.♪♪
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Jim said...

Pain of some kinds does not have a killer, Aspirin wouldn't go near hurts of feelings. I liked your whopper of an understatement "I  won’t be richer by your deceit’s pain." There's nothing left to be said. A good read, Anmol.
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Helen said...

Travelled back to 2013 for this one! Mr. G-Man left a comment which of course I treasure.