The internet is full of hidden gems—and other, less cliché turns of phrase. I read a lot of them. These are some of the choice poems I’ve found online, read aloud for the podcast crowd and those who don’t have time to sift for epublished gold themselves. Or, you can read along on YouTube or read the…
Before the Stories Begin by Rebecca Baggett on the Nimrod website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rbsbrb. Update: Still don't have a computer! Considering the merits of bombing Dell jk. :/
Let Me Tell You How Sorry I Am by Trey Moody on the Newfound site at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rlmtyhsiatm.
Father in the Third Row by Claire Handscombe on the Yes Poetry website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/r3rch.
Home Sick by Scott Sherman on the Opiate website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rhsss.
My Teacup by Alli Warren on the Cordite Magazine website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rmtaw.
Words, No Words By Pamela Greenberg on the Salamander website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rwnwpg.
If I was your Boy by Paul-Newell Reaves on Defenestrationism.net at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/riiwybpnr.
Self Portrait As Teenaged Boy Beating Swan by Colleen Abel on the Four Way Review website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rsptbbsca.
Guided Tour by Miller Williams on the Southern Humanities Review at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rgtmw.
After The Ark by Luke Johnson on the Passages North website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/ratalj.
As We Forgive by Kara Rota on Noble/Gas Quarterly at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rawfkr. Serious computer issues have messed up my posting schedule this week, but Dell's looking into it (kinda) and things should smooth out now.
Corrective by Don Paterson on the Little Star website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rcdp.
After a Death by Freya Rohn on the Bellingham Review website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/radfr.
Beneath It All by Elizabeth Weaver on the Tishman Review website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rbiaew.
People Who Live Above Stores by Donal Mahoney on The Missing Slate website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rpwlasdm.
Nothing Is As Long by Mark Goad on the Agave Mag website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rnialmg.
Frequently Asked Questions: #6 by Camille Dungy on the Orion Magazine website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rfaq6cd.
Lovesong with Chickens by Mary Austin Speaker on the High Chair website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rlwcmas.
Etched in Graphite by Gina Ferrara on the Glass: A Journal of Poetry website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/reiggf.
June’s Child by Mary Stone Dockery on the Thrush Poetry Journal website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rjcmsd. Posted again because I got confused.
Tub by David Giannini on the Chattahoochee Review website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rtdg.
This Laptop Kills Fascists by William Walsh on the kill author website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rtlkfww. (Watch the YouTube version I mention here: http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/wtlkfww.)
June’s Child by Mary Stone Dockery on the Thrush website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rjcmsd.
Three poems from NOON: journal of the short poem at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/r3pn.
Eight Grade Science: Darwin Et Cetera by Christopher Hennessey on the Your Impossible Voice website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/r8gsdecch.
The Things We Can't by Sarah James on the Poetry 24 website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rttwcsj.
Torchwood by Brian Caskey on the Palaver website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rybc.
The Seahorses by Louise Green on the Acumen website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rtslg.
Where Good Night And Shut Up Sound The Same by Paul Hunter on The Raven Chronicles's website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rwgnsussph.
Subcutaneous by Rina Nk on the Duende website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rsrn. Now more audible!
Subcutaneous by Rina Nk on the Duende website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rsrn.
THURSDAY AFTER COYOTE SONG Bby Nicci Mechler on the Rose Red Review website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rtacsnm.
Radium City by Dennis Hinrichsen on the Solstice Lit Mag at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rrcdh. Note: I got busy. Sorry this one's a little late.
Verbal Abuse by Kelsey O’Connell on The Fem website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rvakoc.
I Haven't Been Sleeping Much Lately by Ellery Harvey on the Pathos Lit Mag website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rihbsmleh.
What resembles the grave but isn’t by Anne Boyer on her website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rwrtgbiab.
Frequently Asked Questions About Ham Sandwich Poems by Shane Allison on the Juked website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rfaqahssa.
The Worst by Lauren Henley on the 3am Magazine website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rtwlh.
Dance by James Cervantes on the Concis website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rdjc.
An American Thanksgiving In Fiji by Nick Ravo on the Hypertext Magazine website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/ratfnr.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1947 by Robin Chapman on the Proximity Magazine website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rort1947rc.
Rewind By Sabrina Presnell Rockoff on the Smoky Blue Literary website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rrspr.
Retreating Snow By Reid McGrath on The Society of Classical Poets website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rrsrm.
Sixteen By Cynthia Dewi Oka on the Bedfellows Magazine website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/r16cdo.
Pray For Peace By Ellen Bass on The Sun Magazine website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rpfpeb.
Metaphor As Method By Kelly Cherry on The Syzygy Poetry Journal website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rmambc.
Crow Mother (for Frida Kahlo) by Linda Rodriguez on The Pedestal Magazine website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rcwffklr.
59 Goodbyes by Rachel Kessler on the Poetry Northwest website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/r59grk.
Hidden Things by James Haug on the Turnrow website at http://www.actuallyreadbooks.com/rhtjh.
Fifty Shades of Grey by Beatrice Mora on the Ninth Letter website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/r50sgbm. This is a concrete poem, so it's particularly worth checking out the video: www.actuallyreadbooks.com/w50sgbm.
Thirteen Ways Of Looking At Malaysia By Anushka Anastasia Solomon on the Asia Literary Review website at www.actuallyreadbooks.com/r13wlmaas.