William Stafford

Your monthly reminder: Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.

Elise Powers

Mark Strand 💙

Mary Helen Callier 💙 “…and this is like falling in love.” from WHEN THE HORSES

Poetry tries to bridge the abyss lying between the name and the thing. That language is a problem is no news to poets. -- Charles Simic

Incoming podcast!! Talking with the brilliant poet, writer, thinker, Alina Stefanescu about her new book of poems *My Heresies* Sarabande Books Alina Stefanescu

Don Paterson, “Nostalgia” lest I forget the stars are also under us

A great conversation with Alina Stefanescu ... read her new book of poetry "My Heresies" (crazy cover art) therumpus.net/2025/07/17/ult…

Jim Harrison

Amiri Baraka

Esther Lin ✨ “I understand / I am two girls.”

This year's Best of the Net Anthology (SundressPublications) is live! Congratulations to everyone who had their work selected for inclusion! Many thanks to my fellow editors, genre coordinators, readers, and interns that helped make this year happen. bestofthenetanthology.com

Thrilled to announce that I've signed the contracts for two new books with April Gloaming Publishing!

I've always believed that poetry exists to make the world appear larger, more beautiful, and more mysterious. -- Charles Simic

NEW POEM #266: "To the Woman Whose Charred Wedding Dress I Found in a Sandy Ravine" by Paula Brown "Tell me how your rage fell off a cliff and tumbled into this unlikely scene. / Tell me how betrayal is a brutal beast fit for uncommon consequence." ⬇️LINK BELOW⬇️ #Poem #Poetry

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.