Mastodawn

I stood stock-still by the lava lamps

Orientation
Jacob Butlett

#Poetry #JacobButlett #OneArtPoetry #Orientation #LavaLamp #Sales #Mall #AssistantManager #Racism #Seventeen #Iowa

https://oneartpoetry.com/2026/06/08/orientation-by-jacob-butlett/

Facing Casual Racism: A Sales Associate's Reflection

Explore a poignant story of race and identity in retail, as a young white sales associate confronts casual racism in the workplace.

ONE ART: a journal of poetry

Andrew Shields May 23

& she was singing along to every verse

The World was moving and she was right there with it and she was
Victoria Nordlund

#Poetry #VictoriaNordlund #OneArtPoetry #DavidByrne #TalkingHeads #AndSheWas #Concert #Music #LiveMusic #Bridgeport

https://oneartpoetry.com/2026/05/22/the-world-was-moving-and-she-was-right-there-with-it-and-she-was-by-victoria-nordlund/

The World was moving and she was right there with it and she was— by Victoria Nordlund

The World was moving and she was right there with it and she was— here in Bridgeport at the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater right behind the 7 ft man at the David Byrne concert & he was the on…

ONE ART: a journal of poetry

Andrew Shields May 17

a magnifying glass for a heart

Not My Circus
Mary Whitlow

#Poetry #MaryWhitlow #Circus #OneArtPoetry #Facebook #Neighbors

https://oneartpoetry.com/2026/05/16/not-my-circus-by-mary-whitlow/

Not My Circus by Mary Whitlow

Not My Circus I was raised on shouting, learned early to read a room by the angle of a slammed door, how to live at the edge of someone else’s storm. I grew up a specialist in everybody’s business,…

ONE ART: a journal of poetry

Andrew Shields May 7

Champagne Velvet, / Falls City, and Sterling

Tips
Mark Williams

#Poetry #MarkWilliams #Tips #OneArtPoetry #ChampagneVelvet #FallsCity #Sterling #DadePark #Kentucky #Beer #Dimes #Nickels

https://oneartpoetry.com/2026/05/02/tips-by-mark-williams/

Tips by Mark Williams

Tips He thought it would be quiet in the corner, that we could talk, away from all the talk, the laughter, the music closer to the bar. He knew his voice had weakened. It’s the ozone or the pollen …

ONE ART: a journal of poetry

Andrew Shields May 3

I told myself that ten / Is a long time to be alive

Summer, 2004
Mark Smeltzer

#Poetry #MarkSmeltzer #OneArtPoetry #Summer2004 #Summer #2004 #Birthday #TenYearsOld #DoubleDigits #Decades

https://oneartpoetry.com/2026/04/30/summer-2004-by-mark-smeltzer/

Summer, 2004 by Mark Smeltzer

Summer, 2004 I spent that year obsessing Over my first birthday With two digits in it. I told myself that ten Is a long time to be alive. When things get big enough They earn labels like decades. I…

ONE ART: a journal of poetry

Andrew Shields May 2

He could quote Homer in Greek

Memorabilia
Michael T. Young

#Poetry #MichaelTYoung #Memorabilia #Homer #Greek #Scar #OneArtPoetry

https://oneartpoetry.com/2026/04/23/memorabilia-by-michael-t-young/

Memorabilia by Michael T. Young

Memorabilia I was washing dishes for the move. It was the end of a friendship, so we had to leave the apartment and define our differences in new places. My hand was inside the glass, scrubbing the…

ONE ART: a journal of poetry

Andrew Shields Apr 28

Come in—but take your shoes off

Poem to the Future
Kelli Russell Agodon

#Poetry #KelliRussellAgodon #OneArtPoetry #PoemToTheFuture #Future #JasmineTea #Champagne #TortillaSoup #Martini #Anxiety #Daffodils #VanGogh #Tulips

https://oneartpoetry.com/2026/04/17/poem-to-the-future-by-kelli-russell-agodon/

Poem to the Future by Kelli Russell Agodon

Poem to the Future Future, if you stop by, I promise to open the door. I know sometimes you arrive in combat boots, laces braided with bombs and drones, even the way you cuff your jeans feels like …

ONE ART: a journal of poetry

Andrew Shields Apr 21

Her lips colored at its touch

Popsicle
Jennifer L. Freed

#Poetry #JenniferLFreed #Popsicle #Mother #OneArtPoetry

https://oneartpoetry.com/2026/04/13/popsicle-by-jennifer-l-freed/

Popsicle by Jennifer L. Freed

Popsicle When my mother in her hospital bed began moving, mumbling, when it seemed she might live after all, the nurses reattached her tubes and lines, and the doctors returned, gave orders, made n…

ONE ART: a journal of poetry

Andrew Shields Apr 6

the fellowship song offers

Someone Saved My Life
Magin LaSov Gregg

#Poetry #MaginLaSovGregg #OneArtPoetry #SomeoneSavedMyLifeTonight #Music #EltonJohn #FlyAway #Maryland #Mississippi #Virginia #Georgis #Alabama #RoadTrip #Jesus #GasStation #Singing #Jackson #Easter

https://oneartpoetry.com/2026/04/05/someone-saved-my-life-by-magin-lasov-gregg/

Someone Saved My Life by Magin LaSov Gregg

Someone Saved My Life Nightfall, Cori and I drove from Maryland to Mississippi, listening the whole way to Elton John, past yawning Virginia farmland & Georgia’s red clay hills headlong into Al…

ONE ART: a journal of poetry

Andrew Shields Mar 31

I became a leopard

At Home in the Body
Robbi Nester

#Poetry #RobbiNester #Body #Leopard #BellyDancing #Cousin #OneArtPoetry #Muscles

https://oneartpoetry.com/2026/03/30/at-home-in-the-body-by-robbi-nester/

At Home in the Body by Robbi Nester

At Home in the Body My cousin is a dancer, while I have always lived too much in my mind. When I visited, she dragged me to a belly-dancing lesson. In the dim light, women in clouds of scented oil …

ONE ART: a journal of poetry