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― Richard Siken

Molly Spencer • Invitatory

Read today's #PoemADay : “Today I Am Full of Birds” by Lyz Soto

poets.org/poem/today-i-a…

'Not to write like a hammer to a nail, or a nail in the wood. But to write like the memory of the tree. The tree remembering the rain.' ~ Sean Thomas Dougherty

Alice Notley

FINALLY someone’s sister is interested in my poems.

Won’t you please tell more of your siblings about the paperback of WOUND, which is out in June from W. W. Norton & Company?

Pre-order here: wwnorton.com/books/97813240…

Happy launch day to Andrew Bertaina! Here is THE BODY IS A TEMPORARY GATHERING PLACE under a tree. Very Bertaina, I must say!

Get a copy here:
autofocuslit.com/store/p/the-bo…

I think I may be falling in love with Duras (thanks to some of you)

For TopTweetTuesday & host Lou Mach, here is my 120 word, 20 line offering on struggle, rupture of the body, interiorities & somewhere along the way – hope.

'When A Whale Longs For Morphine'

Thank you and happy writing all 🖋🤍

#WritingCommunity #poetry Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu

🎉🎉🎉👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Snagged a copy of Chippewa poet-extraordinaire Moder_poet_Tim's latest chapbook last night RoscoeBooks & got him to write a note in it for me. Wonderful reading, Tim, TY! sundaysalon-chicago.com 🌈💚🙏

NEW POEM #133: 'How We Save Others Whilst Dying' by Vikki C. (Vikki C.)

'Where we keep falling in love through wet carriage windows / — the yellow flax beyond, giving flame to a coldness we could not hold.'

stonecirclereview.com/how-we-save-ot…

#Poem #Poetry Community #Poetry #NewPoem

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
Thomas Mann
#writer

To all of my wonderful friends who have taught my work in your classrooms, would you be at all interested in teaching my flash collection when it comes out Fall 2025? 😍😍😍

What’ll you do?

Robin Blaser

So honored to be a part of this wonderful project and wonderful company!!! Thank you Constance Malloy's The Burning Hearth!! Can't wait! ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you for including me in this wonderful procect, Constance Malloy's The Burning Hearth. Excited to be in such amazing company too! 🤍🤍🤍

The Burning Hearth is beyond excited for the 'Voices of Summer Solstice' issue coming in June. Here are 3 amazing voices contributing to the theme 'What Blooms.'
Diane Gottlieb
Cathy Ulrich
Susan Triemert
More voices forthcoming.

Check out the article I wrote for Trio House Press on Substack—“What are Poetry Editors Looking For in a Manuscript?”