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EPISODE 365 | One Poem Only
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- One Poem Only
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- Apr 30, 2026
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- 201
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Summary
I didn’t miss a day. Thank you for being here. For listening, for sharing, for writing, for championing poetry with me. There’s so much more to come. I dwell in Possibility – A fairer House than Prose – More numerous of Windows – Superior – for Doors – Of Chambers as the Cedars – Impregnable of eye – And for an everlasting Roof The Gambrels of the Sky – Of Visitors – the fairest – For Occupation – This – The spreading wide my narrow Hands To gather Paradise – By Emily Dickinson There’s something poetic About a country eating itself alive To appease the gods of private equity While stars are singing to us from the cosmos. Children go hungry But fear not, They trim the fat and the waste And the bloated, seeping fools will realize too late That a country without its people Is no country at all. There’s something poetic About letting it all fall away And giving up the fight, Not because we know we lost But because the fight is not ours. It never has been. We are free now to create something new For those who care Will we save the world? No. That is not our task. We will save ourselves As the world spins round the sun. By Maggie Devers Support + Stay Connected to OPO If you’d like to support the show, Substack and Patreon members receive a copy of my book, For My Daughter , along with episodes from the audiobook. Poetry reminds us what matters. Thank you for listening. To 365 and counting.