Indian Mother.
#mother #sister #bodyimage #complexion #darkskinwomen #indian #indian mother #poet ry #poem #poet ry spurpose #poet

Kites.
Recently, I saw some kites being flown in India. I realized how high the kites had flown. I wrote the poem, 'Kites' to explore this. #kites #heights #potential #exploration #poet ry #poem #poet ry spurpose #poet

Hindsight.
#hindsight #smoke #wildfire #nyc #climatechange #poet ry #poet #poet ry #poet ry spurpose #canada #ClimateCrisis

Thank you WeNeedDiverseBooks Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚 for recognizing my poem 'Dear Durga Maa' with an Honorable Mention. This poem is very special to me and this is a huge honor! #creativewriting #poetry #weneeddiversebooks #penguinrandomhouse Chappaqua Central School District

Chaos, This poem is about the moments of chaos that we experience throughout our lives and how we choose to interpret them. #chaos #moments #poet ry #poet #poet ry spurpose #life #letgo

I found line 'frequency of whales' to be so beautiful. In this poem I wanted to explore this line and understand the way whales speak and how it can be connected to humans' complex communication. #whales #communication #ocean #voice #language #poet ry #poem #poet #poet ry spurpose

“Today’s poem points comically to the omnipresence of worry, how it's rooted in the soil of our existence,” shares Major Jackson.

Today’s poem is “Worry (the Dybbuk)” by Anthony Immergluck bit.ly/3HgK6Nl

“Today’s poem, an address from a parent to a child, is an intimate one-way conversation,” shares Major Jackson.

Today’s poem is “And Everywhere Offering Human Sound” by Joan Houlihan bit.ly/40g7fG2

“Today’s deeply relatable poem articulates the frustrations of living in this modern age, how we exist in a vortex of digital information that potentially wipes out any notion of free will.”

Today’s poem is “The “I Want” Song” by Rachel Richardson bit.ly/3MFs5vp

Derek Mahon for your Wednesday:

I wrote this poem for Maya Angelou’s birthday and in this poem I aimed to emulate her writing style and hopefully pass on some of the incredibly valuable lessons that Maya Angelou taught. #herbirthday #mayaangelou #poetry #poem #poetry spurpose #celebrateangelou95

Mood today #dreams #wishes #poet ry #poet #poem

'It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.'
#MayaAngelou

I am good at waiting. #waiting #anxiety #stress #mentalhealth #poet ryspurpose #poet #poet ry #poems

Happy equinox!!!

“Today’s poem is from a sequence of poems about a town that has been invaded by an occupying force,” shares guest host Jason Schneiderman Jason Schneiderman.

Today’s poem is “A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to the Neck” by Ilya Kaminsky Ilya Kaminsky

'Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.' #MayaAngelou

Women of Tomorrow. #women #internationalwomensday #women supportingwomen #women shistorymonth #poet ry #poet #poet ry spurpose #women sinternationalday

The Music We Make. This poem uses music as a lens to see the mass shootings, natural disasters such as earthquakes, and ongoing conflicts and wars, and speaks to the strength and resilience of human spirit through it all. #shooting #war #earthquake #music # poetry #poetryspurpose

In my english class, we are reading “To the Lighthouse” by Virginia Woolfe. A large theme in this story is about the space that is between people. How you can spend a whole lifetime with someone and still there will be a gap, I explore this idea with this poem. #poet ry #poet