Latest Poetry Articles

May 20

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 …

Emily Stoddard ∙ 26 LIKES

James A Higgins

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17h

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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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.

Incidental Comics

May 22

Wishes, Lies, and Dreams

Poetry Comics inspired by the work of Kenneth Koch

Lately I’ve been reading the books of poet Kenneth Koch, an acclaimed writer who brought poetry into elementary schools in the 1960s. The lessons he created led to deeply imaginative poems. He shares them in his books ROSE, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT RED

Grant Snider ∙ 161 LIKES

April Whalley

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Oh my goodness I enjoy your posts SO MUCH!

Kris Soebroto

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The color wheel prompt inspires me to play with my palette and draw my moods.

To a Green Thought

May 12

La Chimera

Alice Rohrwacher & film as poetry

A few quick notes to start: My new novel, Small Rain, is out on September 3. Please preorder it by asking at your local bookstore, or from your favorite online retailer. Here are a few links: Bookshop, Powells, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Amazon

Garth Greenwell ∙ 51 LIKES

Dylan Murphy

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May 12

I’m thrilled they released your version of What Belongs to You! I have listened to the other actors version - it was okay... I’ve listened to your Cleanness audiobook several times, and you have a certain sensitivity and rhythm that only comes from an intimate understanding of the text. Can’t wait to read (and then subsequently listen to) Small Rain!

Kim N

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I love how you point out how the film encompasses so many genres at once. I was struck by the alignment in the boat scenes to Titanic - with the flashes of the engine room, and the moment he flings the head of the statue into the water. Because what else would you do with a priceless artifact that has driven the plot while standing on the edge of a ship? Beautiful movie, thank you for the suggestion!

Poetry Unbound

May 19

“They hang in the sky like questions”

Skylarks and buzzards and vultures, oh my.

Dear friends, Reading your interactions to the “Poems as Teachers: Conflict and the Human Condition” episodes this week has been an education too. Thank you for taking the time to engage, to write, to share from your lives — of the violences we contend with, the moments of change, the profound moments of deep disillusionment and unexpected about-turns o…

Pádraig Ó Tuama ∙ 155 LIKES

Jonathan Auyer

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May 19

My three kids. Wonder embodied.

My students.

The garter snake that I disturbed yesterday.

The bedded dear I disturbed this morning.

The Foliage surrounding my domicile —Dogwood, Japanese maple, magnolia, rose of Sharron, lilac, apple, birch, maple, and oak leaf hydrangea.

Me, harbinger of death to the tiny spider I accidentally killed, which reminded me of perspective and scale and the unforeseen consequences of our actions.

The beaten path I ran early this morning by torchlight, a path created by humans but made of millennia of a changing nature that will out-exist me.

Me—consciousness that stretches backward and forward, held together by something I know not what.

Lee Cooper

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May 19

There is so much wonder out my window this morning, as the hundred shades of green emerge to create the shades of summer, above the multitude of garden flowers in their various states of colored progression. Mostly though, I sit with coffee in front of an almost superfluous fire, although it is fifty degrees out here on the Maine coast, and watch the ospreys in the nest, guarding eggs for the next generation. It’s always a surprise to see them the first day back, knowing where they’ve been, kind of, and that they return to the same nest, maybe. Last year we had three chicks fledge,a surprise awaiting us for this season.

Thanks Padraig for a full week last week and for providing a soft landing on this almost summer Sunday morning.

Poetry Unbound

May 26

What lies underneath?

The drives under language and thought

Dear friends, Last weekend, staying in Maine during the Camden poetry festival, I was at a night party hosted by Mark, one of the festival’s founders (poet and translator too, including a new forthcoming translation of Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus). It was a party for people, yes, but I was particularly delighted at how some people also brought their (gor…

Pádraig Ó Tuama ∙ 176 LIKES

Michael McCarthy

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There is a whole universe underneath, which drives the primal needs and desires of not only ourselves but of all of life. It is a mysterious, wonder-filled dynamic force, unfolding and expanding at this moment. The wonders of creation are, in the words of Judy Cannoto, radically amazing. I love the image described by Pádraig: “Every now and then, my knee would be bumped by a dog who was finding a better position for a) rest; b) vigilance; or c) scraps.” Aren’t we all, in some sense, seeking to find a better position for these things?

Dawn Young

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There is so much for which to be grateful on my "over table" - healthy children growing into young adults poised for their next adventures, a profession through which I may speak into the lives & accompany the next generation into their next stages of growth, friends with whom to share laughter & tears as we face our individual & collective life challenges. But the "under table" is there - with concern for how we as human beings have failed to honor the beauty & gifts of

creation, how we might reverse our destruction of one another, for how we have failed to love one another & all of creation as

well as needed. I look forward to the day when Julian of Norwich's words of courageous hope are made true: "All is well, and all will be well and all manner of things shall be well." As I try to integrate my "over & under tables," I trust to effect that hope.

The Recovering Line Cook

May 6

A Line Cook's Rant About... Recipes

The poetry of lived experience

Hello and welcome back to The Recovering Line Cook, the home for my recipes, personal stories, and essays on all things food. I just want to thank those of you who have upgraded to paid subscriptions recently. I am a restaurant cook who loves to write, I don’t have an agent in my corner or any of that business, and your financial support makes this proje…

Wil Reidie ∙ 85 LIKES

Hanne Blank Boyd

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May 6

My recipe notebooks contain few method notes, usually just enough to remind me of oven temperatures, goal textures, and things I know I’ll forget like “add potatoes at end of cooking so they don’t go to mush damn it.”

One of my favorite cookbooks is from 1911 and is written in Slovenian with a fair bit of German mixed in for fun. Recipes are mostly ingredients lists and method notes often include the phrase “in the usual way.” As in “whip the eggs in the usual way for binding fish,” in a recipe for what I suppose could be called pike quenelles but are (translated) “lake fish dumplings for clear soup.” The recipes are uniformly good. But you do have to know what you’re doing and as for pictures… it was 1911, go whistle.

dl meckes

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May 8

I hate cooking with recipes. I love the pictures and ingredient lists as a jumping-off point. There is nothing to compare to a keen sense of smell to know when something is done, timers be damned. I was a pro but am now a home cook. Nothing helps my technique more than cooking every day without leaning on favorites. I have retained few cookbooks. Pepin's La Technique takes me almost everywhere I need to go. I'm never happy with my first attempts, and as Mr. Foydel notes, repetition gets you where you want to go. The last thing I do is make it pretty, but I'm not consumed with that.

The Seaboard Review

May 21

Review: Cathedral/Grove by Susan Glickman

A poetry review by Michael Greenstein

A cat perches on a bare branch, arched as if to pounce – a menacing image on the cover of Susan Glickman’s latest collection of poetry, Cathedral/Grove. Against a black background the cat appears almost white and moonlit, while the bare branches contour the feral creature. Its feline limbs grasp parallel branches, while its trunk rests as if it were a n…

The Seaboard Review

Everything Is Horrible

May 25

This Week's Writing 5/25/24

Jolene, fascist insurrectionist Alito...and big poetry failures.

So, not a great week here for me in the old writing career. I had a publisher who was interested in my second (!) poetry collection of weird broken sonnets. I was thrilled! I got blurbs; there was cool cover art. All was well! Then the editor explained that he needed to make my lines fit to the formatting because he hates hanging indents when the line go…

Noah Berlatsky ∙ 33 LIKES

mermcoelho

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Damn, I don’t know anything about publishing, but I know enough about poetry to know that you don’t do that. Hasn’t that person ever read ee cummings? Taking out words? No! Only the poet gets to do that. You dodged a bullet I think, but someone trying to shoot you still feels like shit.

I’m enjoying the chapbook. There’s a lot to think about and people should buy it.

Greg Parsons

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I'm pretty sure I pre-ordered that first book already.

What now?

Things That Don't Suck

Apr 25

The Lifegiving Benefits of Befriending Our Mortality

A new poem for national poetry month

Sweet Community, As National Poetry Month nears its end, I thought it would be the perfect time to share a very new (and very long) poem I wrote about befriending my mortality and the countless ways that process has increased the joy in my life. If you’ve been subscribed to

Andrea Gibson ∙ 1635 LIKES

Wildlifeisjoy

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Apr 25

Oh. There aren't enough notebooks to contain the tally marks for the number of times the gift of your words have been my compass away from what I'm convinced every time is an inescapable loneliness. I can't wait to see you read in Denver, I bought myself a ticket the day after I came out at 37 as a gift to myself. I'll be the one sobbing in the front row.

Possible titles that come to mind after my fourth read:

I lost my wrinkle collection can I borrow yours?

One Size Fits Awe

Katie Morrison

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Apr 25

Brevity

Name it Brevity.

Thank you for sharing this. My life is so full of love and wonder yet I turn the shoulder to the days, as you say, looking for tomorrow.

I need to be here today. Tomorrow is never promised.

🩷

Sober Soulful

May 22

SoberStack™ Addiction Recovery & Sobriety Substacks

An annotated directory of Substack newsletters devoted to addiction recovery and sobriety by writers spanning diverse ages, focus areas, and paths of recovery.

Updated 22 May 2024: Find 128 Substacks focused on addiction recovery and sobriety below.

Dana Leigh Lyons ∙ 179 LIKES

Tori H.

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Jun 26

I feel honored and humbled that Dana mentioned my publication in her newsletter. I look forward to connecting with others amongst the "SoberStack." If you are looking for quality newsletters regarding sobriety and recovery, I highly recommend taking a gander at some of these publications! I follow several of them already, and I can't get enough of them. Thank you again, Dana.

Tawny Lara

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Jun 25

So honored, Dana! I'm going through and following the other folks on this list. It's so great to connect with other folks in the SoberStack (great word, btw!) space.

School of the Unconformed

May 23

Building People with Three-Dimensional Memory

Why and how we need to exercise our memory muscles

For those of you who prefer to read off paper rather than the screen, we have converted the post into an easily printable pdf file. Remember to come back and share your thoughts and comments! You can access the file here: There’s a sense now that something

Ruth Gaskovski and Peco ∙ 124 LIKES

Dixie Dillon Lane

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Photographs play an interesting role in memory. They can serve as wonderful jumping-off points and can also convince your children that your own childhood actually happened.

Because my mother died when I was relatively young (13), I have had the opportunity to do a lot of thinking about how both photographs and family stories influence memory. After my mom's death, a variety of friends and relatives went right to work trying to establish a canonical memory of her -- who she was, what she was like, and especially what she believed. They also focused in on photos of her from before my time, so to speak.

There were two or three such memory-based versions of her that entered into the canon, depending on which set of people you were talking to. These would be pulled up as evidence in order to advise or even pressure me to align with a certain version of behavior.

I resented and resisted this, not so much because these memories were used to manipulate me (for example, I would be told "your mother thought *this* about [insert political issue]" or "your mother once told me *this* about how many children a woman should have"), but because those memories began to override my own memory of how my mother actually was with and to me.

I started to have trouble actually remembering who she was because the stories and photos and all of that were trying to tell me she was someone different from the person I knew.

I realized at about 18 or 20 that the only version of her that I could be sure of was who she was in relation to me. She may well have been other ways and other things, also, to other people and at other times, but I needed to hang on for dear life to my own memories of her.

But some of the damage had already been done.

As a historian, I am keenly aware that stewarding memory involves a serious level of moral responsibility to the dead. We need to pay attention to what we do with our memories.

Elizabeth Burtman

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This is some good food for thought. I like that you connected the threads of memorization and social media documentation.

I recently started a notebook as an outlet for the urge to post things online. Instead of posting a photo, I attempted a little sketch of the thing I wanted to photograph, and gave it the witty caption I would’ve posted. For me, it’s an exercise in humility and living the “hidden” life (though I’ve canceled that out by mentioning it here!) as well as in the use of lower-tech recording technology.

I also like to record my kids’ cute quotes in notebooks where I write them letters for when they’re older. I hope to convert the notebooks to a back-and-forth written conversation with them eventually.

The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad

May 26

Art Show Invite!

“The Alchemy of Blood” & the writer Emily Rapp Black on knowing Frida

Hi friend, I have exciting news today! After months of alluding to my joint art exhibition with my mom, Anne Francey, I‘m thrilled to officially announce it: “The Alchemy of Blood” opens at ArtYard in Frenchtown, New Jersey, on June 22, 2024. If you read the description of the show you’ll see overlapping themes, in that both our works meditate on bodily …

Suleika Jaouad ∙ 194 LIKES

Linda Hoenigsberg

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This seems a little odd to me now, but an artist who I loved during my twenties and thirties was Charles Wysoki, an American folk artist. He traveled to New England every Fall and took photos to use for his paintings...paintings of simple small town scenes with much going on, painted in a simple style where you didn't worry about things like perspective. I think after living such a chaotic life, the simplicity of the scenes drew me in, and I wanted to live in those places. I wrote him once, told him how I loved his work and asked a question about technique. He wrote me back, on a card featuring one of his paintings. That handwritten card from him is still one of my treasured possessions. He couldn't have known it, but when it arrived I was in the middle of a terrible, abusive marriage and it gave me hope for a better life. It may have even been the impetus for me getting out of the marriage and making a better life.

Jeanne Wettlaufer

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Suleika, I love where you wrote “there’s a kind of poetic logic, as if we’re always gathering threads, and weaving them into a tapestry whether we realize it or not”. As a textile artist & potter too I use that weaving metaphor as I’m working on a piece. I remember a friend who made me a quilt years ago saying she thought of me each stitch and cocooning under that quilt, I felt her love. I put that energy into my pots & the socks I knit for friends. I had a note on my calendar for that weekend in June, hoping I could visit my daughter in NYC & she could bring me to the show but for now I wait for the orthopedic doctor to assess my MRI & see if there’s hip surgery in my near future. As soon as I can walk with ease again I will travel, get outta town! I’d agree with many so far this morning, I’d feature you as the artist I feel I know through your sharing ….through words & paintings & conversations you’ve shared with us featuring Jon or Elizabeth…. you’ve created this vibrant space for us to play in & I deeply appreciate it and really look forward to Sunday mornings and these prompts. I’d also feature my mom as an artist I knew well. She included me in most of her adventures as I was her youngest child & she wasn’t putting her art on hold anymore. I tagged along on great travels with her camera & many lens or her paints & canvas, always interesting times with Dorothy Jewell!

Du Mez CONNECTIONS

May 25

Preparing for a long defeat

Looking to November, and beyond

If you’re like me and you’ve been tracking polling data on the 2024 election, you may be feeling a little unsettled. A couple caveats: This far in advance, polls have relatively little predictive power. Moreover, some of the polls putting Trump over Biden are still within the margin of error. Still, given

Kristin Du Mez ∙ 232 LIKES

Deborah M Chan

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The last nine years have been very stressful, given what the former guy has done, is doing and promises to do, as his mental faculties continue to decay and his narcissistic injury goads him to destroy anything or anyone who opposes him. Our country, our democracy, our Constitution, and common decency must all be broken to salve his inner wounds and bigotry. It’s hard to see people who consider themselves Christians fawn on him as savior. Tim Alberta’s The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory was a revelation as to the breathtaking deviancy and degradation of Christians who adore both him and naked power. One of the dreadful side effects, should he and his win, is that a generation of young children will grow up never having known a country that, in its politics, expects decency, respect, reliability, and the Constitution to be the last word. They will see chaos, perfidy, mendacity, cruelty, bigotry, religious hypocrisy, and unhinged behavior as a governmental norms. It grieves and scares me enormously.

John Hawthorne

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Those who argue that they must use “any means necessary” to protect their preferred position miss the key element of both our political life and our Christian life: it’s about the best outcomes for the Common Good. That’s in the preamble to the constitution and in Matthew 25.

The Free Press

May 23

Bill Maher: American Kids Are Way Too Confident. Plus. . .

An afternoon at Karen summer camp. Patriotism is back. Lonely hearts. And more.

On today’s Front Page from The Free Press: Olivia Reingold goes to Karen summer camp; Julia Steinberg reports that patriotism is back; John Sailer uncovers the latest DEI excesses at Yale; lonely hearts; and much more. But first, an excerpt from Bill Maher’s new book:

Oliver Wiseman ∙ 429 LIKES

EKB

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Every week I look forward to Maher's show. The irony is that 20 years ago I would have hung him in effigy after 9/11 and today he is one of the only people on the airwaves who has any common sense. He says he hasn't changed, well I haven't either. But it's society that is so screwed up it makes common cause out of people who would normally yell at each other at Thanksgiving.

I am terrified for the girls still in Hamas captivity. If they are pregnant they are now 7 months along. Israel needs to get to them pronto. I am terrified for them and any baby they are carrying. I am terrified that they are forced to carry the child of their rapists. I knew something was wrong when Hamas reneged on the hostage deal to return them.

What I don't understand is why our President who chides Israel every day is not screaming about this and the hostages. He's such a schmuck he would rather enable Hamas. Why is Kamala "Mamala" Vice President not screaming about the abuse these women are going through? Every day I am more and more disgusted by this administration. They tied Israel's hands in trying to get the hostages back. They stabbed Israel in the back during negotiations. Biden/Obama acolytes are still placating Iran and latest reports are they are negotiating with Iran how to get rid of Bibi and bring these theocratic mass murderers into the hegemony of the middle east.

This administration makes me want to go into the woods with the karens and scream by freaking head off....

Disa sacks

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Worthy of at least a mention, yesterday, Spain, Ireland and Norway recognized the state I’d Palestine, a state with no leaders( although calls were place to Abu Mazen aka Mahmoud Abbas of the PA, to congratulate him on this historical event.

Recall that 8 yo Emily Hand, an Irish citizen was kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas, Ireland said nothing.

There are no words as we watch the West succumb once again to Nazi ideology.

The Free Press

May 20

Why Some U.S. Border Agents Are Contemplating Suicide. Plus. . .

The ‘Butcher of Tehran’ is dead. A backlash in Portland. Harvard capitulates to the student intifada. Harrison Butker’s commencement speech. And much more.

On today’s Front Page from The Free Press: The Butcher of Tehran is dead; Francesca Block r…

Oliver Wiseman ∙ 504 LIKES

Running Burning Man

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May 20

The only thing offensive about the Butker speech was the parade of outrage by idiot leftists. Lead of course by the once again dunce of the year NFL “DEI” official who denounced Butker.

WTF does the NFL have a DEI official for? To try to get more white players into the league?

PSW

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May 20

I’m sure if Butker had been named Mohammed and given a speech about Sharia law and the subservience of women and the evils of homosexuality, the MSM would be cheering him on, right?

moonseed

May 23

welcome

beloveds, Welcome to my stacking of subs. I’m so excited to share this space with you and beyond grateful to all of you for joining along. For those that don’t know me, I’m a Palestinian American writ…

Hala Alyan ∙ 42 LIKES

Ranu

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Hello! Your writing and some podcasts have been so inspiring - I am grateful to have connected with your work during the horrors of this year as well as sharing with my daughter who is involved in the student movement for Palestine in high school. I am a visual artist and am not sure how to post images in this forum yet. But here is a link to a series of work I made that felt a return through materials. I feel that dreaming inot a differently tuned future is a return.

https://www.ranumukherjee.com/studio-work#/new-work-2020/

Leila Haseba Shaban

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so grateful to be planting the (moon) seeds of Palestinian futures here with you all

POETRY SLUT BROADCAST

May 21

POETRY SLUT RODEO + MY SAGGY TITS

POETRY SLUT RODEO Y MIS CHICHIS CAÍDAS

Guess what? Ashes! is dead…and now, I welcome you to… POETRY SLUT RODEO—an online AND snail-mail multimedia broadcast experiment in eroticism and self-publishing. Project Duration: 1 Year [June 2024-May 2025] We get started on June 27th with Issue 1: Saggy Tits!

Ash(ley) Michelle C. ∙ 2 LIKES

13ThingsLA

May 7

13ThingsLA: May 8

Poetry, Public Art & Painting for your LA Art Calendar

Featured: Senon Williams The Getty Center’s Poetry in the Garden series continues on Wednesday, May 8 at 2pm with Senon Williams. Musician, painter, poet, and sometimes parade leader Senon Wiliams spent several weekends last year heading up the Sunset Hiking Club

Shana Nys Dambrot and HIJINX ARTS | 13 THINGS LA ∙ 6 LIKES

Rabbit Room Poetry

May 7

Doing Theology With Poetry—Abram Van Engen

When I first fell in love with poetry, I had no idea what I was reading. The poem—a compact little thing of two stanzas by Gerard Manley Hopkins—had a series of words that all seemed to make sense individually, but simply confused when they were combined. It was apparent from the beginning, however, that the poet’s goal was not just to convey some kind …

The Rabbit Room ∙ 37 LIKES

Cynthia Ann Storrs

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May 7

Outstanding analysis with helped me to appreciate so much more! I love the density of poetry-- a poetry says in so few words what it takes the essayist paragraphs to unpack.

Michael Fox

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May 7

This is one of the most beautiful pieces I have ever read. Not only the poem, but also the lovely literary tour of the poet’s thoughts and words provided by the professor. Thanks for this.

bookbear express

May 22

Talking about friendship with Heather Havrilesky

a new interview series!!!

Helen Frankenthaler, Nepenthe, 1972 To say that I’m a fan of Ask Polly would be a huge understatement. Before I discovered yoga, meditation, or psychedelics, I was soothing myself with Heather’s writing. At the time Ask Polly ran in New York magazine and I would go back through the archives until I’d read every single answer. Then I would go to The Awl, …

Ava ∙ 115 LIKES

Isabel

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the ultimate collab!!! i love this for both of you — powerful women who express powerful thoughts; thank you both for writing!

Alex Dobrenko`

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everything about this rules

The Leap

May 21

Look Before You Leap

The sense of danger must not disappear: The way is certainly both short and steep, However gradual it looks from here; Look if you like, but you will have to leap. ~W.H. Auden, “Leap Before You Look,” December 1940 I never wanted to write a newsletter. It seemed too much like doing the one thing I’ve successfully avoided since I finished grad school: having …

Maria Konnikova ∙ 66 LIKES

Matt Matros

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May 21

Very exciting, Maria!

Alex Dobrenko`

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whoa I'm a huge fan so glad you're here!

After Babel

May 20

The Youth Rebellion Is Growing

Seven Gen Z Leaders Working to Reduce the Harms Caused by the Phone-Based Childhood

Intro from Zach Rausch and Jon Haidt: The most common argument among the critics of our work is that we are fomenting a groundless moral panic that is no different from earlier panics—from radio and television to comic books and violent video games. It’s a reasonable starting hypothesis, but you can’t cling to it as evidence mounts that

Zach Rausch and Jon Haidt ∙ 196 LIKES

Ruth Gaskovski

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May 20

What a breath of fresh air to read of these Gen Z leaders pushing back. In our writings on how to navigate life in a digital age, my husband Peco and I noted that in addition to practical advice, people are in search of inspiring personal accounts that model a different relationship with technology. As such we have been planning a post for the end of May calling for submissions of stories that offer insight into how some young people, especially teens, choose to live life differently in a digital age. We will curate a collection of these stories that readers can freely access to gain encouragement for change and inspiration to apply to their own unique circumstances. We hope that this will add momentum to turning the tide.

Anne Lutz Fernandez

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May 20

Ben's interview speaks volumes to me as a high school English teacher. I keep banging the drum that the problem is not just phones, it's overuse of tech more broadly in schools.

I wrote a bit about my experience this year, which has been to make paper, not machines, the default in my classroom. Ben's attic discovery can happen in schools.

https://annelutzfernandez.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-paper

CRAFT TALK

May 14

#1000WordsofSummer 2024 FAQ

All your questions answered here!

Hi friends. The seventh year of #1000wordsofsummer starts June 1. There are nearly 40,000 of you signed up. I am so dazzled by this number. I am so dazzled by all of you, frankly, showing up here, whether it’s year after year or your very first time. This is a challenging but rewarding project and I can tell you already: you got this. And I will be here …

Jami Attenberg ∙ 185 LIKES

Linda Summersea

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I'm excited! My first #1000WordsofSummer!

Jiling Lin 🌻林基玲

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Just finished reading the "1000 Words" book. LOVED it. Grateful and excited to join again this year. Thank you Jami for your community, experience, enthusiasm, and care.

Incidental Comics

May 24

Tarantism: An Uncontrollable Impulse to Dance

Words for an Epic Quest, Part III

Noctilucent When the way forward is enveloped in darkness, find a path that glows in the dark. Let benevolent bioluminescent fungi and a magic wand (stolen from a thaumaturge?) guide you. In meteorology, noctilucent clouds are “tenuous cloud-like phenomena in the upper atmosphere” that “consist of ice crystals and from the ground are only visible during…

Grant Snider ∙ 108 LIKES

Richard Blaisdell

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My night light shines the spiders

in the corners cadavers wrapped and I run .

Martin Hughes

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Hmph, I got only one this time. I'm not talking to you anymore, Grant.

*absquatulates whilst sobbing*

Wayfare

May 22

Nearing the Origin

A Conversation with John Talbot

John Talbot holds a PhD in Ancient Greek and Latin and is Professor of English Literature at Brigham Young University. Plough Poetry Editor A.M. Juster recently spoke with John about his life and work. John, thank you for agreeing to this chat. Can we begin with a friendly provocation? You remain relatively unknown. I’m not the first person to notice y…

A.M. Juster ∙ 9 LIKES

Breck England

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I'm a deep admirer of John Talbot. Poems that mix classical allusion with the wry suburban insights of a kid who grew up in Bountiful, Utah, wearing a bow tie to school like Sheldon Cooper--how to "review" them? "The Property Tax Eclogues"? There's nobody like John.

Darlene Young

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Excellent and insightful interview. I enjoyed it very much, as well as the poetry you included . Thank you!

Top 25 Poetry Articles on Substack

Best Poetry Articles

Poetry Bulletin: May 2024

Wishes, Lies, and Dreams

La Chimera

“They hang in the sky like questions”

What lies underneath?

A Line Cook's Rant About... Recipes

Review: Cathedral/Grove by Susan Glickman

This Week's Writing 5/25/24

The Lifegiving Benefits of Befriending Our Mortality

SoberStack™ Addiction Recovery & Sobriety Substacks

Building People with Three-Dimensional Memory

Art Show Invite!

Preparing for a long defeat

Bill Maher: American Kids Are Way Too Confident. Plus. . .

Why Some U.S. Border Agents Are Contemplating Suicide. Plus. . .

welcome

POETRY SLUT RODEO + MY SAGGY TITS

13ThingsLA: May 8

Doing Theology With Poetry—Abram Van Engen

Talking about friendship with Heather Havrilesky

Look Before You Leap

The Youth Rebellion Is Growing

#1000WordsofSummer 2024 FAQ

Tarantism: An Uncontrollable Impulse to Dance

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