Adam Zagajewski always reminds me I can never ever forget that I’m human

I rebranded my substack POETS LIVING share and subscribe if it speaks to you! substack.com/@elizabethmetz…

― Vita Sackville-West

Kierkegaard oh my oh my

― Anaïs Nin, The early diary of Anaïs Nin

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― George Sand

Kafka was really going through it in July 1914

Same, Kafka... same

Reading Fanny Howe in the Berkshires thecommononline.org/what-were-read…

youtu.be/uwtWgxbRLGQ?si… Elizabeth Metzger Elizabeth Metzger reads & discusses poems from her recent collections in this interview hosted by Jeremy Ra.

― Sylvia Plath

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Very interesting piece on AI and conversations! presentingproblems.substack.com/p/when-is-it-h…

Today’s poem is selected by Elizabeth Metzger (@anelizabeth2) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry. We share this poem in remembrance of Max Ritvo, who died August 23rd nine years ago.

Elizabeth Metzger “What am I missing? I ask patting my chest pocket. and I am missing everything living that won’t come with me into this sunny afternoon” — Max Ritvo, from "Afternoon"

Thanks to The New Republic for featuring the last poem from my collection The Going is Forever forthcoming fall 2026 Milkweed Editions