A Poem-A-Day Celebration

Throughout the month of April, Alfred A. Knopf and Tumblr are celebrating poetry in this space. So for a steady stream of poetry, follow this blog, read and share the poems, and be sure to submit your own.
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Lion Boy

Poem submission by Nichole Knabe


ocean skies that widen
with surprise
in a big way
like the earth splitting
at its seams
like girls with
unattainable
dreams
breaking at the joints
and the sensitive
points

and at her hips
the wide world ends
reality
bends
and sends him packing
because frankly
there are components she
is lacking

so she’ll have to recover
sometime in the morning
from learning that
most truths come
without

warning

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