President Trump today at the White House said to me: “Be nice. Don't be threatening.” I’m not the first human being, woman, black person or journalist to be told that while doing a job. My take: Be steady. Stay focused. Remember your purpose. And, always press forward.

"Did you know people get rich off of sadness? I want to meet the millionaire of American sadness. I want to look him in the eye, shake his hand, and say, "Its been an honor to serve my country". --Ocean Vuong

Poetry is not dead, it's on the internet. I wrote this round-up of National Poetry Month events for New York Times Arts: nytimes.com/2020/04/07/art…

I am not the “I” in my poems. “I” is the net I try to pull me in with. —Toi Derricotte

Who has writing prompts? I'm hoarding them for a project. Here are two of my dogs.

This.

Woohoo! Anis Mojgani !

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Holy shit!

I’m “graduating” with my poetry MFA. I’m not able to attend commencement because of the apocalypse. I'll post a Skype link in comments of this post this evening. I'll start 8pm CST. I’d love to read poems to YOU.

Join me tonight for a poetry reading to celebrate my graduation! Pants optional. join.skype.com/CBp8DOiKrfDW

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