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Stephanie Burt @notquitehydepark.bsky.social · 9h

Philip Larkin was trans (sort of). Let me explain: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... (thanks to @rlgoldberg.bsky.social for the opportunity)

Project MUSE - Philip Larkin, Egg

muse.jhu.edu

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 8h

From the @havehashad.com archives. 💀🍁🧡

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 9h

In breaking news, I will be hosting A Very Gay Literary Happy Hour in Baltimore on 3/6 of AWP from 5-7 pm. More details coming soon.

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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 12h

it’s getting close to third Thursday, and you know what that means…a Night Light event with some amazing poets!! sign up below to hear these inimitable readers do their thing in just a couple days’ time :) 💡

NIGHT LIGHT
THURSDAY 10/16
9PM EASTERN
ZOOM

ERIKA GILL
MICHAEL WASHINGTON
HOLLI CARRELL
BENJAMIN NIESPODZIANY
KIIK ARAKI-KAWAGUCHI

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Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · 1d

I had more fun on this show than should be allowed. Hope it comes through in our conversation about my terrible poems. (Sorry, not sorry, Dave, for making you cry...)

My Bad Poetry @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social · 1d

We were privileged once again to have another amazing guest on our show. Make sure to give @djvorreyer.bsky.social 's episode a listen!
www.mybadpoetry.com/s8e4

I Find Your Photo..., After Life, and Duality (w/ Donna Vorreyer)

The show is visited this week by a host of another poetry reading show (A Hundred Pitchers of Honey), demonstrating a duality in poetry. Donna talks about good poem…

www.mybadpoetry.com

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NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 11h

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NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 25d

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!

Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Promo graphic with author photos of Donna Vorreyer, Chris Butler, and Mitchell Nobis. And the NAWP ostrich, of course.
The text says:
A NAWP Reading
Chris L. Butler
Mitch Nobis
Donna Vorreyer
Hosted by
Jared Beloff
October 14, 2025
7:00-8:00PM EST

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 16h

My book comes out today! It’s sad and funny and a little spooky and a lot mysterious and very weird, and you can buy it wherever fine books are sold in indie stores bookshop.org/p/books/happ...

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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 3d

“Everything ends up being an ode to death.”

—Martha Silano in TERMINAL SURREAL (@acrebooks.bsky.social)

DEATH POEM

Death is the one-day-alive mayfly clinging to a watering can.
When the grass turns brown, how can I not think of death?
In my heart, death lives like a mama raccoon with her two young.
We haven't figured out a way to undo death.
Death awaits the pigeon on a roof, says the Cooper's hawk.
It's not cool to mention corpse beetles when there's a death.
Did you know there's a death's-head hawkmoth?
A scrub jay squawks death, death, death!
Dragonflies and death: they live about six months.
Eating is for sure some kind of elaborate death feast.
Sometimes death is invisible, especially when we laugh.
Our planet: one big tribute concert to death.
Death be not proud, says John Donne, but death is proud, I think.
Everything ends up being an ode to death.

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Jared Beloff @readinstead.bsky.social · 2d

Have you signed up yet? It's this Tuesday!

NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 25d

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!

Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 2d

For Your Sunday
It All Comes Back to Me Now
~ Dr. Maya C. Popa
—To them I say, it's ok to be half right
about what love means in the making of a life/God forbid I hadn't taken every last wrong turn.

It All Comes Back to Me Now
Maya C. Popa
Dusk, the mountains mauve,
and the samphire trembles between stones,
and the voices of long-dead singers croon through a hotel stereo.
Theirs is a wisdom suspended in feeling: they are always at the beginning
without a watch and no place to be.
To them I say, it's ok to be half right
about what love means in the making of a life. Not a trap, but a clearing.
Here I am, filled out by happiness I could not otherwise have earned.
God forbid I hadn't taken every last wrong turn.

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Ande B @ande91.bsky.social · 2d

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 2d

For this final #StanzaSunday of #HispanicHeritageMonth, a poem I wrote at the request of constitutional lawyer Larry Tribe—to honor the D.A.C.A. DREAMers.

Hear me read the poem, and explore #LatinoPoetry at libraryofamerica.bsky.social: www.latinopoetry.org/fea.../como-...

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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 2d

I bare the shambling tricks of lust and pride.

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 3d

Heading for the ‘90s, living in the ‘80s.

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Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D. @taylorbyas.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight, at Brooklyn Poets!!

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 10d

If you’re looking for a Halloween read, I’ve got you covered. 🧡🖤

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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 4d

Join the WPLS in celebrating @fourwaybooks.bsky.social authors @rajivmohabir.bsky.social, Megan Pinto, & Peggy Robles-Alvarado on 10/22!

#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #writers
#poetry

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The Slowdown @slowdownshow.org · 4d

“The future is full of possibility. Some of life’s surprises are heartbreaking, yes—but some are heart-repairing," shares host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode.

Read "At Last the New Arriving" by @gabbat.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4mShV9s

📖: Persea Books