April: A Poem by Ella B. Winters & Write After Recap | One Poem More

About this episode

In this episode, Maggie Devers reads a cento poem by Ella B. Winters and reflects on the Write After project.

Sundays on One Poem Only are reserved for the weekly recap, but since we were writing a poem a day with Write After in April, we haven’t had a break for a recap in a month. So today I’m reading a poem that perfectly encapsulates Write After. It is a cento and contains one line from each of the 30 poems shared on One Poem Only during April. April: A Poem Ella B. Winters She never whispers in my ear, unfurling to swallow my words, abandon me when I most need her, while the past rides shotgunsilent. My mind is a black sand beach. My fingers stop tracing spines. I've stopped turning the light on. I have climbed to the top of the very last tree, gawking at the sky turning into a riot of gold. Sadness presses its thumb into my chest - a cascade of the most unruly waves, they sparkle in the morning sun. Delayed and denied a day's breath, drums prelude river current tears, draw together the wet ravines of skin like a zip. Observing life like Dali from below the waters, cracked asphalt flowers, reaching for a Mediterranean sun, stand under the downpour. If I could unzip my heart from skin, unleashing perfection to fully know me, I'd choose to embrace the perfect contradiction. My world…

People in this episode

Host: Maggie Devers

Topics covered

• poetry
• recap
• creative writing
• self-expression
• art

Keywords

• poem
• cento
• Write After
• April
• Ella B. Winters
• recap
• One Poem Only

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