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April 7, 2025
Wes Lydon
"In a Grain of Sand" - Jesús Papoleto Meléndez

We are Starseeds  
                   every one of us –  
                                                     you & me,

"In a Grain of Sand" -  Jesús Papoleto Meléndez
January 13, 2025
Wes Lydon
"Driving Upstate with My Father" - C.L. O'Dell

at the end of a bad year. Trees begin
to outnumber houses. Rain turns to snow
as fields hang like paintings.

"Driving Upstate with My Father" -  C.L. O'Dell
October 21, 2024
Wes Lydon
"That Part in the Music" - Carl Phillips

Once loyal to a cruel master,
the dog moves like a man who
not so long ago weighed a lot less

"That Part in the Music" -  Carl Phillips
September 16, 2024
Wes Lydon
"Why I Respect the Dog" - Catherine Pierce

The dog weighs twelve pounds
and uses them as she pleases.
The king-size bed is not big enough.

"Why I Respect the Dog" -  Catherine Pierce
August 20, 2024
Wes Lydon
"The Orange" - Wendy Cope

At lunchtime I bought a huge orange—
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave—

"The Orange" -  Wendy Cope
Wes Lydon
August 25, 2017

Quite Excellent Episode 003 - Bringing My Son to the Police Station to Be Fingerprinted

Wes Lydon
August 25, 2017
Quite Excellent Episode 003 - Bringing My Son to the Police Station to Be Fingerprinted

My lemon-colored
whisper-weight blouse
with keyhole closure

Tagged: Family, Vanity, Shoshauna Shy, Poetry 180, Poetry

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Wes Lydon
August 18, 2017

Quite Excellent Episode 002 - Summer Wind

Wes Lydon
August 18, 2017
Quite Excellent Episode 002 - Summer Wind

It is a sultry day; the sun has drunk
The dew that lay upon the morning grass;
There is no rustling in the lofty elm

Tagged: William Cullen Bryant, Seasons, Romance, Youth

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Wes Lydon
August 11, 2017

Quite Excellent Episode 001 - Introduction to Poetry

Wes Lydon
August 11, 2017
Quite Excellent Episode 001 - Introduction to Poetry

I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide 

Tagged: Billy Collins, Poetry 180, Poetry

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