Poetry Bulletin: May 2024
A personal update + important FYI on fee support + new resource with deadlines
Hey poets — this bulletin is late, because I’ve been spending time with family, walking in the woods with my dad, stopping for trilliums whenever we find them. We recently found out he has cancer, and the most honest thing I can say is that when he’s not well, I’m not well… We’re sorting out what this means in the near-term, and I’m listening for where …
James A Higgins
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I too have a daughter I'm very close too and she worries too. It scared her when I needed a sudden addition of a pacemaker a year ago at 82, but I am doing very well. I am so sorry to hear about your dad's cancer and I hope it responds well to treatment and he can remain well for a long time.
Andrew Calis
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May 21
I'm so sorry to hear about your father❤️
I also can't thank you enough for writing posts like this -- even at the risk of alienating readers. Peace will only come from action. I'm still trying to find my own form of action as a Palestinian-American poet; but I admire how emphatically you're using your platform to advocate for peace and change.