where can I go to protect this self kept inside only by my thin twitching skin? —Luanne Castle Luanne Castle ow.ly/Ax2l303Tgu3

"... my poems... often embraced a certain kind of Irish strangeness." —Michael Begnal interview in CalJoPo @Michael_Begnal #poetry

"Strange circumstances surround the most major discovery of Gnostic texts." —new Geoffrey Babbitt essay in CalJoPo ow.ly/tzWK303TgES

#erasurepoem no. 38

How Many Holsteins Have I Drunk Milk From? —poem and drawings by Sean T. Randolph ow.ly/7oUV303Thvp

Four hours of sleep and the morning is brittle heavy —Ren Powell in CalJoPo ow.ly/J26A303TeI8 @RenKatPowell #poetry

Each self is made of words only they know— strange at the top of the throat. —Hilda Weiss in CalJoPo ow.ly/QCkT303TgjI #poetry

The Pool contributor sophie klahr has three poems out at CAJournal of Poetics californiapoetics.org/poems/6742/thr… Enjoy!

it was all I could do to keep from screaming, right there, on the plane, I knew it was beautiful. —Sarah Maclay ow.ly/rEd1303Mtxe

Rereading this poem, perfect for an overcast Tuesday: Conley Lowrance at CAJournal of Poetics, "Transcription": californiapoetics.org/poems/6725/tra…

I’ve come to believe morality exists with a great intrinsic cavity —new Sophie Klahr in new CalJoPo ow.ly/pln6303TcCh sophie klahr

30 LA POETS live at THE LAST BOOK STORE 📚🎙 x.com/yaylamag/statu…

“I swear if I see any more handcrafts I’ll go mad!” —Elizabeth Bishop tpr.ly/hyzxq9

Get on over to Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center for this international poetry & music extravaganza + open mic 🎙Mike Sonksen CAJournal of Poetics x.com/cynthiaabriano…

Ye kan do yt. Ye kan wryte the thinge. Ye kan drafte the drafte. Ye kan remembir everythinge for the test. Ye kan keepe goinge. Ye rocke!

THREE NEW read-n-chats: LA poet PIOTR FLORCZYK and host Lisa Grove (El Grove) Poetry.LA

Another brilliant voice returned to the stars. Rest in peace Brigit Pegeen Kelly.... fb.me/7OxGQTu38

"You are my calm world. This is my happiness. To stand, to go forward into it. The cost is enormous. Too much for... fb.me/6ywrwhmei

"You are my calm world. This is my happiness. To stand, to go forward into it. The cost is enormous. Too much for... fb.me/6Us5CBuuh

Congratulations to Issue 2 contributor Sophie Klahr whose poem from "Like Nebraska" was published in The New... fb.me/1jgz5d9HM