poetry-magazineFound: Louise, as EkphrasisBy Anne HalseyAt her aunt’s housein Portchester roamingthe Jersey meadowsafter flowers, she feltsomething pullingat… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsThe MindSolitude
poetry-magazineIntersectionBy Lia PurpuraWhile I waitedfall came on.I sat in onebright intersticeand nothingfilled, it wasalready at the brim… Related Audio The MindSolitudeTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineThank You for the Cake Happy Birthday to No OneBy Maya Ribault Ciao sachet chum, porkpie panache, you ditsy-dots chatelaine. Takes that much work to be a fairy with… Related Audio The MindSolitudeActivitiesEating & Drinking
poetry-magazinePandemic Feature: The Breakfast ClubBy Peter Kline If we’re put here long enough, someone’s bound to learn something. The sweep of the second hand erases… Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingHealth & IllnessThe MindSolitudeLoneliness
poetry-magazineAn OptimismBy Cameron Awkward-RichIt is morning. Remember that.It is morning and the house is quiet,so quiet that I can, for the moment… Related Audio LivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationSolitudeLoneliness
poetry-magazineWhen UntouchedBy Lauren RussellHammock dumpingyou onto bruisedgrasses, frayedthoughts droopsideways, hammeringmorning. Slipper-footed… Related Audio LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveLivingSorrow & GrievingThe MindSolitudeAnxiety & Insecurity
poetry-magazineI Had a Pet RabbitBy Sarah Burgoynei say child but what i mean is nowstill preferring the moss lawn to the“superior” grass lawn my parents… Related Audio The MindDoubt & ContemplationSolitudeLonelinessMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineLate and SoonBy Elizabeth MetzgerHow much longer can we ignore the mushrooms? Their shade is surprisingly matte with no complexity. … Related Audio NatureTrees & FlowersThe MindSolitudeRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsLonelinessMelancholy & Despair
So here I standBy Inger Christensenso here I stand by the out there is the and it looks like the is always alone with the but around behind…NatureBodies of WaterThe MindSolitude
A Litany for SurvivalBy Audre LordeFor those of us who live at the shoreline standing upon the constant edges of decision crucial and alone…LivingLife ChoicesThe MindSolitudeLoneliness
LonelinessBy Meg KearneyThe girl hunting with her father approaches the strange man who has stopped at the end of his day to…LivingParenthoodThe MindSolitudeActivitiesSports & Outdoor ActivitiesLoneliness
SolitudeBy Lia PurpuraNo one home. Snow packing the morning in. Much white nothing filling up. A V of birds pulling the silence…NatureWinterAnimalsThe MindSolitude
Flood: Years of SolitudeBy Dionisio D. MartínezTo the one who sets a second place at the table anyway. To the one at the back of the empty bus. …LivingThe MindSolitudeLoneliness
Those Winter SundaysBy Robert HaydenSundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked hands…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedThe MindSolitudeRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome LifeLoneliness
Descartes' LonelinessBy Allen GrossmanToward evening, the natural light becomes intelligent and answers, without demur: “Be assured! You are…The MindSolitudeArts & SciencesPhilosophyLoneliness
“Alone”By Edgar Allan PoeFrom childhood’s hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw—I could not bring…LivingYouthThe MindSolitudeTime & BrevityLoneliness
Passion for SolitudeBy Cesare PaveseI’m eating a little supper by the bright window. The room’s already dark, the sky’s starting to turn…NatureReligionFaith & DoubtThe MindSolitudeJoy & Contentment
Danse RusseBy William Carlos WilliamsIf I when my wife is sleeping and the baby and Kathleen are sleeping and the sun is a flame-white disc…The MindSolitudeRelationshipsHome LifeJoy & ContentmentLoneliness
poetry-magazineBryant Park at DuskBy Geoffrey BrockFloodlights have flared on behind and above Where I sit in my public chair.The lawn that had gradually…Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeThe MindSolitudeLonelinessOptimism
SolitudeBy Caroline CaddyIt’s something they carry with them – explorers night shifts seamen – like a good pair of binoculars…The MindSolitudeActivitiesTravels & JourneysGratitudeJoy & Contentment