Reckoning by Anna Goodman Herrick
One Poem Only · Maggie Devers
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Show Notes
Reckoning
Anna Goodman Herrick
You have to know you're enough.
And you have to remember.
Then,
you have to
forget
and tumble into the soft darkness
and let it hold you
Sometimes,
if you're lucky
it will whisper
to you
secrets:
like,
this is happening
you are alive
(even if)
(just barely)
and when you are on the edge of mercy I do
in that pillow embrace
of that god
that you have called pain
you have to let it toss you
back into the earthen world
and lay you on its ground
until you say
I do
I want to be here
and this time
I mean it.
More from Anna Goodman Herrick ↓
- @annagoodmanherrick on Instagram
- Her book A Speaker Is a Wilderness is out now.
You can listen to me read Anna Goodman Herrick’s poem, The Whole Story, over on Instagram @rembrandts.cure
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Write After is a way to encourage poets to listen and write, and use National Poetry Month to highlight how listening to poetry makes us better poets. I know I write the best when I’m surrounded by beautiful poetry–it’s part of the reason I created this podcast, and I want to encourage others to share this practice. We'll get started in April. You can share to #WriteAfterOPO.