Souvankham Thammavongsa
We all know two plus two equals four
And we begin with that. We learn to add
Before we learn how to take away, to lose.
from the book
Cluster /
McClelland &Stewart
What Sparks Poetry is a new, serialized feature in which we invite poets to explore experiences and ideas that spark new poems. In the first series, The Poems of Others, our editors pay homage to the poems that led them to write.
- June 25, 2019
Angie Estes
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them
all by their names: tutti-frutti, Cimabue, bracelets
of Cartier
- June 24, 2019
Maya Angelou
When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
- June 23, 2019
Robin Coste Lewis
He's read thirty-six graphic
Novels in two days.
(I don't know how
To parent him.
I only know how
To protect him.)
- June 22, 2019
Julie Danho
Surely birds would love to peck
at the dozens of donuts adorning
my arms and legs: the glazed, the jellied...
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