Archive - Everyday Poetry

May 2025

Let's try something different!

May 28 •

"The Old Marrieds" by Gwendolyn Brooks

But in the crowding darkness not a word did they say.

May 27 •

"Even So" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

So it is, my dear.

May 26 •

"You Came, Too" by Nikki Giovanni

I came to the crowd seeking friends

May 25 •

"First They Came" by Martin Niemöller

Yesterday I watched a video of a 16 year old immigrant girl getting kidnapped by ICE. This poem came to mind.

May 24 •

From "Eugene Onegin" by Alexander Pushkin, part XXXII

A beautiful work of translation that conveys the meaning so accurately while preserving the style - which is rare.

May 23 •

"Enigma" by Edgar Allan Poe

The noblest name in Allegory's page,

May 22 •

"Freedom" by Alfred Tennyson

Of old sat Freedom on the heights,

May 21 •

"16-bit Intel 8088 chip" by Charles Bukowski

with an Apple Macintosh

May 20 •

"Innocence" by Patrick Kavanagh

They laughed at one I loved-

May 19 •

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