Maureen Thorson
@maureenthorson
Poet-person. Order my book of lyric essays, On Dreams, from Bloof Books: https://bloofbooks.com/product/on-dreams/
Hello, hello! You can now pre-order On Dreams, my book of essays covering everything from batty things Aristotle said to optical illusions to why we cannot have nice things! Link in my bio.
“The elegies began writing themselves.” A poem by Mary Biddinger.
“All my life, I've distanced myself.” A poem by Tina Chang.
“Your your voice had to be that ‘40s wartime voice” A poem by Jean Valentine.
Ah, another warm, clear evening in summer! By the sound of it, the neighborhood children are either engaged in innocent play or murdering each other with saws. Could be either, really. 🤷🏼♀️
“Buried deep down in thorns like the devil.” A poem by Hiram Larew.
“Nervous habits extruded into plain sight” A poem by Martha Ronk.
“I wrote verses about love and sleighbells.” A poem by Margaret Atwood.
“He said I was common as dolor, as the word ‘love’ tattooed.” A poem by J.K. Daniels.
“Codes that kiss your symmetry.” A poem by Dan Machlin.
“Where looming egrets sigh on desk-lamp legs.” A poem by E.J. Koh.
“the reader's digest condensed book of love” A poem by Catherine Daly.
“The pretender queen has lost her marbles.” A poem by Michelle Chan Brown.
“All hum and heat, legs folded, she sits like rebar” A poem by Laura McCullough.
“Water music, loud in the clearing” A poem by Robert Creeley.
“Leave the room to itself.” A poem by Graham Foust.
“The giant under the tiny parasol at the Fontaine-de-Vaucluse” A poem by Vijay Seshadri.
“Still, nuns click their beads in memory of us” A poem by Mary Karr.
“Too lovely to be anything but over.” A poem by Louise Townsend Nicholl.
“I envy this world and I want to save it” A poem by Morgan Parker.
