Searching For Mirrors by Sandra Beth Levy after Ellie Augustin | One Poem After — One Poem Only

One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now. This month, One Poem Only presents One Poem After, featuring selected poems written in response to the poems shared during National Poetry Month. Each piece began as a conversation with another poem and became something entirely its own. Today’s poem is Searching For Mirrors by Sandra Beth Levy after Mastering the Pen by Ellie Augustin. Read the full poem on Substack.

More from Sandra Beth Levy ↓

@slevy43 on Instagram
Her first poetry book, Unfurling The Scroll Of Seven Decades, will be available for pre-sale with Finishing Line Press in October of 2026.
Sandra has had recent poems published in The Poetry Lighthouse.
As well as The Vagabond’s Verse-Weekly Verses.
And three poems in a SHINE Poetry Series spotlight.

More from Ellie Augustin ↓

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This round, I’m looking for poems about what remains. What stays with us after we experience change? What survives? What do we yearn to carry forward? Send me the poem you wrote and want the world to hear. Also, if you’d like to read your own poem on the podcast, you can. Submit a clear audio file recorded in a quiet space—no perfect studio recording required. And yes, your poem can have been previously published in a literary magazine, a book, or on social media. Submissions close Thursday, October 29. I’ll respond by Wednesday, November 11. Whether I read your poem or you read it yourself, I’d love to hear what you have to share.

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