Donna Tartt:

So excited to see a new poem by Aimee Nezhukumatathil in this issue of The American Poetry Review ☀️:

Grateful to have new poems in the beautiful spring issue of Kenyon Review, including this hopeful one:

Friends, because the genocide is ongoing, & because so many poets have been censored & penalized for speaking out, I am going to host another poetry event for Palestine in a virtual setting in May or June (depends on availability). If you want to join us, write / DM here soon 💙

“But the world is sleeping in ignorance and error, sir, and we must be crowing cocks, and singing larks, and a raising sun to awake her.”

— Emily Dickinson (February 1850)

Anna Swir:

Allen Ginsberg:

Linda Pastan:

By Maggie Smith:

Grateful to have new poems in the beautiful spring issue of Kenyon Review, including this hopeful one:

'to find to find to find / that nakedness.'

Love this poem by Muriel Rukeyser so much.

Read this essay on @poetryfound by Dr. Maya C. Popa on the latest edition of Dickinson's letters, co-edited by our very own Cristanne Miller. poetryfoundation.org/articles/16241…

I asked poets whether Taylor Swift's lyrics qualify as poetry.

Dr. Maya C. Popa wisely observed that debates over whether lyrics qualify as poetry “reveal the frivolities of the human ego … and our impulse to create hierarchies in all things.”

#TaylorSwift

csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Mu…

By Ada Limón:

By Matt Haig:

Happy birthday to Tracy K. Smith:

Happy birthday to Tracy K. Smith:

Happy Birthday, Tomas Tranströmer (trans. Robert Bly):

Love this poem by Alice White:

Teaching a 2-hr seminar and generative craft class on Emily Dickinson, the dictionary, and riddles.

This Sunday, 3 pm EST over Zoom. ($33!)

mayacpopa.com/onlineclasses/…