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A daily reading. A quiet moment. One poem, center stage: just for now, just for you. A one-night-only show, in verse. I'm Maggie Devers, and each day I'll read you one poem—nothing more, nothing less. No analysis, no noise—just a little space to listen. Come back tomorrow. The curtain rises again.

  1. 20H AGO

    Becoming Again by Reya

    Becoming AgainReyaI didn’t rise like fire —I rose like forgiveness.Lost me once, still trying,sky’s the limit, I’m craving the climb.Thoughts that once broke menow make me alive again.Words find me, like a heart reborn —one heartbreak broke a million dreams,but that heartbreak built me stronger —heartless enough to fight for them again.More from Reya ↓ @moodmakerperson on InstagramHer book, Teenage Tide, is available now. Mentioned in this episode: Join the mailing list to be the first to know when OPO submissions open ⬇️ 🖋️ Read My Newsletter: Free Flow 🖋️

    1 min
  2. Sunday Recap & Crawl Space by Maggie Devers

    1D AGO

    Sunday Recap & Crawl Space by Maggie Devers

    Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.Dec 29 - Eclipse of the Self by Ruvaani @ruvaani.unclaimed on Instagram. Her book, The Sunken Daffodil, is out now. Dec 30 - Cold Plunging by Kristin Yates @beautefantasy on Instagram. You can find links to her published work on her Linktree. Dec 31 - Of love and hell by Kajal @mermaidspen_ on Instagram and @mermaidspen on Substack. Jan 1 - New Dawn by Benedicta Kyeremaa Addai @Kyere_mah on Instagram. She was published in the anthology, Ancestors, answer me, a compilation of shortlisted poems entered into the 2025 New Voices Poetry Contest Curated by Creative Project Ghana. The New Voices Contest was born from a desire to give poetic voices in Ghana a platform to celebrate the richness of Ghanaian expression, language and imagination. A copy of the anthology can be found at the website of New Voices Poetry Contest or Creative Ghana Project on Instagram. Jan 2 - January Born by JC @theincidentalpoet on Instagram and Substack. Jan 3 - "My heart is a museum of every person I've ever loved" by Megan Phillips @metaphor_megg on Instagram. Her book, Uncomfortably Present, is available now. Jan 4Crawl SpaceMaggie DeversThis was the year of the snakeBut I didn’t realize it until the endNow I feel free from my itchy skin Like emerging from the steam roomPores open, every ounce of old squoze out...

    7 min

  3. 2D AGO

    “My heart is a museum of every person I’ve ever loved” by Megan Phillips

    “My heart is a museum of every person I’ve ever loved” Megan Phillips My heart is a museum of every person I’ve ever lovedMy Dad’s birthday is national start over dayYesterday I told the ocean that I would let go of all the victim bullshitI would let the past me be in the rearviewI will be new after washing my feet in the sandVenus, I said,I will have more funAnd loveAnd I won’t be bitter and sadAbout what I don’t haveI will appreciate being 34 and on vacation with my husband aloneI will appreciate the new pet sitter who I know will train my dog I will appreciate the rabbits I saw 3-4 times this weekI will appreciate the small crab on the beach who was walked on but god damn it, he livedMy heart is a museum of every person I’ve ever loved His Mom is Portmeirion plates and ‘Hey there Delilah” Because she thought it reminded her of usWhich made no damn sense but it’s her song nowMy heart is a museum of every person I’ve ever lovedMy grandfather it’s coffee shops and poppiesMy grandmother it’s yellow daffodils cigarettes and knit sweatersMy mom is MAC Red lipstickMy Dad is tanned freckled skinMy husband is blue eyes and big handsMore from Megan Phillips ↓ @metaphor_megg on InstagramHer book, Uncomfortably Present, is available now. Mentioned in this episode: Join the mailing list to be the first to know when OPO submissions open ⬇️ 🖋️ Read My Newsletter: Free Flow 🖋️

    2 min

  4. 3D AGO

    January Born by JC

    January Born JC I was winter’s child,wrapped in borrowed wool,breath small as frost on windowpanes.
The world outside was brittle then,trees bare-boned againsta sky that never learned warmth,roads lined with grit and quiet.
Inside, there was laughter,steam from mugs that foggedthe kitchen glass,a lullaby of radiators clankingas if they toowere proud to keep me alive.
January taught me patience—that buds sleep long before they bloom,that light returns in rationed teaspoons,that beginnings aren’t always bright,but they are strong.
And so when I look back,I see my first days threaded with cold,yet stitched with care,a child born not to fireworks,but to the hush of snow,the steady hands of a yearjust learning how to start again.More from JC ↓ @theincidentalpoet on Instagram and Substack Mentioned in this episode: Join the mailing list to be the first to know when OPO submissions open ⬇️ 🖋️ Read My Newsletter: Free Flow 🖋️

    2 min

  5. 4D AGO

    New Dawn by Benedicta Kyeremaa Addai

    New DawnKyeremah ‎Smile on me,‎the Sun is awakening.‎Yesterday and today left no crumbs‎We begin from there.‎‎I won't tell you how to live ‎But be happy, ‎be happy ‎‎One step at a time ‎Love, eat and pray‎Give thanks and make merry.‎‎Today will be gone ‎So will you, someday ‎But what will matter‎Is that you lived well.‎‎So be happy,‎be happy. More from Kyeremah ↓ @Kyere_mah on InstagramShe was published in the anthology, Ancestors, answer me, a compilation of shortlisted poems entered into the 2025 New Voices Poetry Contest Curated by Creative Project Ghana. The New Voices Contest was born from a desire to give poetic voices in Ghana a platform to celebrate the richness of Ghanaian expression, language and imagination. A copy of the anthology can be found at the website of New Voices Poetry Contest or Creative Ghana Project on Instagram. Mentioned in this episode: Join the mailing list to be the first to know when OPO submissions open ⬇️ 🖋️ Read My Newsletter: Free Flow 🖋️

    2 min

  6. 5D AGO

    Of Love and Hell by Kajal

    Of Love and Hell Kajal Of how the hell fell in loveand went straight to heaven, I know the story of a dovewho used to weep for a raven.Nights when Earth criedfor tearing Sun and Moon apart,When horizons used to pain world,there was no war in the name of art.Take me back to the timewhen agony was not a trend, time of ancients,where lies beginnings end.More from Kajal ↓ @mermaidspen_ on Instagram@mermaidspen on Substack Mentioned in this episode: Join the mailing list to be the first to know when OPO submissions open ⬇️ 🖋️ Read My Newsletter: Free Flow 🖋️

    1 min

  7. 6D AGO

    Cold Plunging by Kristin Yates

    Cold Plunging Kristin Yates Breath leaves my lipslike a bird, andI feel the cardinalsand the chickadeesand the coldin my handssing.I become the shiverof saying it:I love youenoughto let you live.More from Kristin Yates ↓ @beautefantasy on InstagramYou can find links to her published work on her Linktree Mentioned in this episode: Join the mailing list to be the first to know when OPO submissions open ⬇️ 🖋️ Read My Newsletter: Free Flow 🖋️

    1 min

  8. 12/29/2025

    Eclipse of the Self by Ruvaani

    Eclipse of the Self Ruvaani I dissolved in the shadow of my own becoming,where every heartbeat was an echo of absence,and every breath a question unspoken.The world pressed against my ribs,but in the hollow between despair and forgetting,a seed trembled—ancient, patient, luminous.From it rose fire unbidden,not to burn what remained,but to weave the fragments of meinto a new geometry of being.I walked through the ruins of yesterday,not seeking light, but becoming it,each step an unmaking and a return,each scar a hymn,each tear a river that bore me home.And when dawn finally leaned into my chest,I did not rise as I was—I rose as I had always been:a soul forged in shadow,tempered in loss,and rebornin the quiet, unrelenting brilliance of myself. More from Ruvaani ↓ @ruvaani.unclaimed on InstagramHer book, The Sunken Daffodil, is out now Mentioned in this episode: Join the mailing list to be the first to know when OPO submissions open ⬇️ 🖋️ Read My Newsletter: Free Flow 🖋️

    2 min
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A daily reading. A quiet moment. One poem, center stage: just for now, just for you. A one-night-only show, in verse. I'm Maggie Devers, and each day I'll read you one poem—nothing more, nothing less. No analysis, no noise—just a little space to listen. Come back tomorrow. The curtain rises again.

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  • Creator
    Maggie Devers
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    258
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Maggie Devers
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