“What I Might Sing,” by Donika Kelly

Poetry by Donika Kelly: “Last Friday, I was thinking of Whitney Houston, / and, because of you, I was thinking too of America.”

The New Yorker

I write my name in the sand

The moon rose over the bay. I had a lot of feelings
Donika Kelly

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The moon rose over the bay. I had a lot of feelings.

I am taken with the hot animal

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I write my name in the sand

The moon rose over the bay. I had a lot of feeling
Donika Kelly

#Poetry #DonikaKelly #Literature #Squid

https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2024/06/saturday-poem-397.html

Saturday Poem - 3 Quarks Daily

The moon rose over the bay. I had a lot of feeling I am taken with the hot animal of my skin, grateful to swing my limbs and have them move as I intend,

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I love you. I miss you. Please get out of my house.

Donika Kelly Nothing today hasn’t happened before:  I woke alone, bundled the old dog into his early winter coat, watered him,  fed him, left him to his cage for the day  closing just now. My eye…

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“Fishing in the Blood,” by Donika Kelly

Poetry by Donika Kelly: “Maybe I gotta tell you / we in Arkansas, that I’m twenty, that it’s my / homeless summer.”

The New Yorker
Desire Path: Sequoia by Donika Kelly | Poetry Magazine

Today I see the faces in everything:

Poetry Magazine

the bent grass, the echinacea’s bald crown

What Is the Measure
Donika Kelly

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What Is the Measure by Donika Kelly | Poetry Magazine

I catalog what I cannot capture:

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