It is Wednesday🫦

I've never hidden my love for pamilerin jacob's poetry. He does magic with language. And he's a staunch promoter of the literary art. My first collaboration on a book was with him. PJ needs your support to make his Global Talent dream come alive. Thanks gofund.me/e016904b

#poemoftheweek is "An African Elegy" by Ben Okri.

On a similar but different note, I am proud of the generation of collectives the Unserious Collective has been able to inspire. How much a small writing group has been able to do in less than 4 years.

#poemoftheweek is "I Will See You in Another Life" by Onyekachi Iloh

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This week marks this start of my first semester as a MFA in Creative Writing student at the absolutely wonderful Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Grateful to the amazing people who were willing to write astonishing letters of recommendation for my sake. Go Salukis! ❤

#poemoftheweek is Frank O'Hara's "To You".

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#poemoftheweek is Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese*