National Poetry Month

When a poem
speaks by itself,
it has a spark

and can be considered
part of a divine
conversation.

Sometimes the poem weaves
like a basket around
two loaves of yellow bread.

"Break off a piece
of this April with its
raisin nipples," it says. . . .

from National Poetry Month by Elaine Equi


The image above is a mosaic depicting the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii. The mosaic is in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy.