Editor's Note: This prose poem's narrative touches upon trauma and survival within a family with a careful hand as if to say remember even as the story is forgotten.

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Editor's Note: This poem's spare imagery reminds the reader that even the most durable impressions of our history can also become a dusty footnote in memory.

From the archives — Sonnenizio on a Line from Yeats by Catherine Rogers from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, November 27, 2015

Think of It As Music from Think of It As Music by Penelope Moffet (Sheila-Na-Gig Inc. 2026)

Editor's Note: This hilarious sonnet says what we all think: the squirrels are the enemy.

Editor's Note: This poem feels like that pause just before the season's change moves in and the last breath of summer bids farewell.

Editor's Note: This poem reminds us that the act of creating is the heart of art (words, painting, music, etc.) and that the rest of it is secondary debris.

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Editor's Note: This poem is a masterclass in how to say the most achingly important thing with lyrical subtlety.

Editor's Note: As if the literal narrative weren't enough, this poem alludes to so much more.

From the archives — In the Garden Shed by Doris Watts from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, September 9, 2016

November from Dust of a Future by Diane LeBlanc (Terrapin Books 2026)

Editor's Note: This poem's conversational tone belies the deeply felt perspective of life moving from childhood and into the inevitability of illness.

Editor's Note: This poem uses repetition as a force for emotional emphasis—creating a place where the question of sanity, survival, and grace hold equal weight.

Editor's Note: This delightful sonnet draws the reader into an embrace made of rhyme and meter and whimsy.

Editor's Note: This poem's devotional tone echoes the refrain of memory and loss until both are intertwined in a story that is named love.

Editor's Note: This poem tells a perfect story about love by talking about everything that exists around this emotion.

From the archives — Destiny of the Lone Hunter by Carol A. Amato from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, September 13, 2016

how did i win my pair of lungs from volcanoed/ηφαιστειωθείς by Petros Isaakidis (English-Greek bilingual edition, Thraca/Botsotso Publishing, Greece/South Africa, 2025)

Editor's Note: Some poems draw the reader into a moment of peace that mirrors other moments of peace so that we remember that beauty still exists in this world.

Editor's Note: This poem reminds us that sometimes slowing down to appreciate the gifts of nature requires self-awareness in the midst of cacophony.

Editor's Note: This poem feels like a letter to what could have been, but as any reader knows, reality is often less romantic than possibility.

Editor's Note: This pantoum creates an emotional narrative via repetition that draws the reader into the difficulty of loving past memory.

Editor's Note: This narrative poem shows the framework of what it means to live with something you can't fix.

From the archives — While Driving in Warwick, New York by S. Thomas Summers from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, September 23, 2015

Leavings by Jane Blanchard from Phenomena (Kelsay Books, 2026)

Editor's Note: Personification and imagery drive this lyrical ode to seasons changing and remind us that most precious things are ephemeral.

Editor's Note: This ekphrasic poem skillfully draws the reader into the liminal spaces between painting and living, the past and present, the dead and the living.

Editor's Note: This lovely, short narrative poem reminds us that the light of kindness is usually found in the most unexpected place.

Editor's Note: Gorgeous imagery carries this poem's narrative from the peace of the world into the peace that comes from being loved.

Editor's Note: This poem reminds us that some places become sacred because life is filled with grief and joy and love in equal measure.

From the archives — Lost Cause In Six Or More Colors by Patricia Wallace Jones from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, October 16, 2015

What to Love in the World We Live In from Chasing Justice by Joanne Durham (Shanti Arts 2026)

Editor's Note: This amusing sonnet tells the story of modern life—frustration plus gaslighting equals weather.

Editor's Note: This poem's mindful narrative about grief and life carefully ushers the reader into a universal experience of loss and love.

Editor's Note: The imagery in this prose poem creates a lyrical ode to that which has been destroyed, even as hope continues to hold open the door.

Editor's Note: This poem's meter and rhyme seduce the reader into thinking that the poem is lighthearted when it is indeed the opposite, adding to the tension.

Editor's Note: The lyrical imagery of this poem perfectly balances the poignant yearning of life and youth and grief and illness.

No-reply, please do not respond to this email by Alex Stolis from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, August 10, 2023

Meditation on Your Final Moment from Muscle Memories of Love and Disaster by Tim Mayo (Bainbridge Island Press 2026)

Editor's Note: This poem describes standing in the balance between two things where which one you pay attention to makes all the difference.

Editor's Note: This prose poem allegorizes the important work of living with careful hands—food, shelter, family, creativity.

Editor's Note: This poem’s spectacular sharp imagery moves from the softness of small creatures to the edged curiosity of radio astronomy where life is both question and answer.

Editor's Note: This sonnet pulls the reader into honest sorrow with a sweet nostalgia that shows the difficulty of losing someone too young.

Editor's Note: This poem’s delicate imagery carefully cups the hopeful framework of love within a most ephemeral space.

Falling for a Japanese Maple by Bob Bradshaw from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, April 31, 2020

Lunch Break from Languish by Jacob Butlett (Kelsay Books 2026)

Editor's Note: Sometimes we need a quiet poem to remind us to stop and breathe and live in a singular, necessary moment.

Editor's Note: This narrative poem immediately draws the reader into a story about youth and folly and beauty because all three of those things should be cherished.