Thank you Poetry Daily for giving this poem some love today! You can read the poem and its story here poems.com/poem/i-need-th…

Just a reminder that I’m teaching a poetry class at HVWC on 10/27! Write a poem, a prayer, ask for help or vent how pissed off are with the universe! Join me to write poetry of praise, questioning, & occasional irreverence! Register today!

A fine book, people! Also Christian J. Collier gives a great interview. Find that book. Find the poet!

What a POEM

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Speaking with Philip Metres فيليب أبورجيلي about his new book Fugitive/Refuge for Psaltery & Lyre ❤️‍🔥 was a real blessing. Take a look if you have a moment.

Thank you Judith Magazine & @Rachel Neve-Midbar for giving this heroic crown of sonnets a home. My love, Gershom Spruijt זיכרונו לברכה, this is a stealth tribute to you. judithmagazine.substack.com/p/who-the-hell…

And now this. One tragedy after another. My heart just keeps on breaking 💔.

This has been a year of suffering in the world—and in my small world with the sudden death of my husband. This book came fast, took me over, possessed me. I can’t wait to share it with you. Thank you, Melody Stanford Martin at @Wildhouse Press, for creating this beautiful cover.

Donna Spruijt-Metz reading for us at AWP. We'll see you soon in LA; we'll be at T540, our 23rd year of attending AWP! Donna Spruijt-Metz AWP #poet #AWP #AWP25 #poets #poems #poetry #SmartishPacePoets #creativewriting #poetrycommunity youtu.be/InrinuRZLbs?fe… via YouTube

It’s over a 100 years after the great Jewish crusader for free speech, Emma Goldman, was deported from USA for her speaking out. Yet history repeats itself. People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out. People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out. We mustn’t stay silent.

Four words, and already we are in Kafka Territory: "Hey You! Papers, please?"

First Father’s Day without my husband. Thank you Michael Simms at Vox Populi for giving this quirky elegy a home voxpopulisphere.com/2025/06/15/don…

Thank you West Trade Review

Thank you Ben Yehuda Press !!

Waiting for the Mortuary Team solsticelitmag.org/content/waitin… via Solstice Literary Magazine

Thank you Heidi Seaborn