(Joseph MacRae, selected by Youtube channel Kate Chadbourne which read it aloud for April 2025's Poetry Month special, see here at about 17:00 mark. Also published in Legacy lines: Poems inspired by LGBTQI+ Poets of the Past, edited by Daisy Barrett-Nash, Equal Arts, April, 2025. Prompt from February 12, 2025, feast day of (above) Our Lady of Iviron and Our Lady of Argenteuil. Image from here.)
Our True Spirit Rises*
The poets, they understand —
Keep writing.
Against bird flu, doom scrolling, anything
makes you think there is no hope.
Close your eyes, some simple verses
sky, she sweeps
earth flowers — reaps
It will get your mind off your troubles.
Not dwelling but creating. Growing
in Light — a remedy in wait.
Take daily.
*Title is quoted from Audre Lorde, Poetry Is Not a Luxury.
*From prompt: Reflect on this past year's engagement in Daisy Barrett Nash's Legacy Lines (Writers at Play), what stands out? February 12, 2025.
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