Taylor Swift is our Greatest Confessional Poet
Confessional poetry has had a haunted reputation from its post-war onset. The literary legacies of…
Browsing: Haley Hodges poet
Poem: Teacher
TEACHER I know I’ve made a christ of you the way I gather up the…
Poem: ‘Calling All Angels’
Calling All Angels Leaves fall like secret prayers— calling all angels September’s having her best…
Poem: ‘They Have Gained An Audience’
THEY HAVE GAINED AN AUDIENCE with the divine. The plumbline is vertical as the resulting…
Poem: ‘And Not Your Garments’
And Not Your Garments Lord, Lord this my heart full of secrets, seeds I know…
Poem: ‘Year of The’ by Haley Hodges
Year of The Restless at the kitchen table, year of our Lord twenty twenty-four, year…
Poem: No Record of Wrongs
No Record of Wrongs Love does keep a record of some things— your solitary walks…
Poetry: Haley Hodges
Belshazzar I never knew myself to have a Persian beard, now, This is odd, this…
Advent Poem by Haley Hodges
Advent We have endured long in the dark. It is a burden (A magic? A…
Poetry: Haley Hodges
Faking It When Cleopatra rolled Out of the rug, she thought: Don’t worry! Even if…
Unforgettable Year: September 2020
As summer gave way to a season of mist and mellow fruitfulness in September Covid-19…