April is National Poetry Month. In 2023, I commit to post one poem each day that I’ve written over the decades, some that I’ve never shared with a soul. I believe in the cathartic power of poetry to connect us across boundaries of region or time. There is great freedom in putting pen to paper. For me, this was the best coping strategy in times of loss. I could recreate memories to recall and delight myself reading them in dark days that would come.
- If Your English Teacher Could Rapby Laura Joy Palma
- Put them Side by Sideby Laura Joy Palma
- The B-Sidesby Laura Joy Palma
- Suicide by Sonnetby Laura Joy Palma
- My Mind in a Tanning Bedby Laura Joy Palma
- Palm Openby Laura Joy Palma
- Stillness of a Momentby Laura Joy Palma
- Changing Facesby Laura Joy Palma
- Barely Breathingby Laura Joy Palma
- That Streetby Laura Joy Palma
- Dividing the Shoreby Laura Joy Palma
- Premonitionby Laura Joy Palma
- The Night Remembersby Laura Joy Palma
- A Different Kind of Fairy Taleby Laura Joy Palma
- Decidedly Pensive Beneath Red Chenilleby Laura Joy Palma
- Mosaic de La Monaby Laura Joy Palma
- Dáme Puerto Ricoby Laura Joy Palma
- Where Autumn Meets the Roadby Laura Joy Palma
- The Light on This Cornerby Laura Joy Palma
- For Zacharyby Laura Joy Palma
- Peter. Peter. Peter.by Laura Joy Palma
- Cruise Controlby Laura Joy Palma
- Cinnamon Stick Christmasby Laura Joy Palma
- Il Messaggeroby Laura Joy Palma
- Shoeboxes on the Top Shelfby Laura Joy Palma
- 100-Meter Dashby Laura Joy Palma
- The Cliffby Laura Joy Palma
- Form of Deathby Laura Joy Palma
- Beneath the Cherry Blossomsby Laura Joy Palma
- When April Doesn’t Foolby Laura Joy Palma