Ordinary Plots: Meditations on Poems + Verse

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Ricky Ray's "Sometimes the Work Comes to You"
Thoughts on work and healing.
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Devin Kelly
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Kim Addonizio's "The Sound"
Thoughts on the soft and human noise, and its silence.
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Devin Kelly
11
Naomi Shihab Nye's "The Art of Disappearing"
Thoughts on, well, disappearing.
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Devin Kelly
9
Thomas Lux's "Amphibrach Dance"
Thoughts on poetry and delight.
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Devin Kelly
4
August 2023
Danusha Laméris's "Night Bird"
Thoughts on distance and relation.
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Devin Kelly
6
John Wieners's "Loss"
Thoughts on the suddenness of endings.
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Devin Kelly
1
Ana Božičević's "I Feel Like"
Thoughts on magic, if we'll let it be.
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Devin Kelly
16
Jackie Wang's "Companion Species"
Thoughts on re-enchantment.
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Devin Kelly
11
July 2023
Caylin Capra-Thomas's "Search History Sad"
Thoughts on searching and not knowing.
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Devin Kelly
8
Andrea Cohen's "Self Portrait with Eraser"
Thoughts on the small things that mean everything.
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Devin Kelly
12
Najwan Darwish's "All of It" (translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid)
Thoughts on all of it.
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Devin Kelly
2
Jen Levitt's "Autobiography"
Thoughts on trying.
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Devin Kelly
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