National Poetry Month: April 1: Bad New Government
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Apr 1, 2025, 2:46:12 PMApr 1
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Bad New Government
Emily Berry
Love, I woke in an empty flat to a bad new government;
it was cold the fridge was still empty my heart, that junkie,
was still chomping on the old fuel vroom, I start the day like a tired
motorcyclist I want to go very fast and email you about the following
happy circumstances: early rosebuds, a birthday party, a new cake recipe but
today it’s hot water bottles and austerity breakfast and my toast burns in protest
You are not here of course but you live in me like a tiny valve of a man
you light up my chambers Later I will call to tell you about the new
prime minister, the worrying new developments and about how
I am writing my first political poem which is also (always) about my love for you
Emily Berry
Love, I woke in an empty flat to a bad new government;
it was cold the fridge was still empty my heart, that junkie,
was still chomping on the old fuel vroom, I start the day like a tired
motorcyclist I want to go very fast and email you about the following
happy circumstances: early rosebuds, a birthday party, a new cake recipe but
today it’s hot water bottles and austerity breakfast and my toast burns in protest
You are not here of course but you live in me like a tiny valve of a man
you light up my chambers Later I will call to tell you about the new
prime minister, the worrying new developments and about how
I am writing my first political poem which is also (always) about my love for you
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2007: Elegy of Fortinbras, Zbigniew Herbert
2006: When Leather is a Whip, by Martin Espada
2005: Parents, William Meredith
2023: Reasons to Live Through the Apocalypse, Nikita Gill
2022: New Year, Kate Baer
2021: Instructions on Not Giving Up, Ada Limón
2020: Motto, Bertolt Brecht
2019: Separation, W.S. Merwin
2018: Good Bones, Maggie Smith
2017: Better Days, A.F. Moritz
2016: Jenny Kiss’d Me, Leigh Hunt
2015: The Night House, Billy Collins
2014: Tim Riggins Speaks of Waterfalls, Nico Alvarado
2013: Nan Hardwicke Turns Into a Hare, Wendy Pratt
2012: A Short History of the Apple, Dorianne Laux
2011: New York Poem, Terrance Hayes
2010: On Wanting to Tell [ ] about a Girl Eating Fish Eyes, Mary Szybist
2009: A Little Tooth, Thomas Lux
2008: The Sciences Sing a Lullabye, Albert Goldbarth
2007: Elegy of Fortinbras, Zbigniew Herbert
2006: When Leather is a Whip, by Martin Espada
2005: Parents, William Meredith
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