Michael Bazzett
@mikhailbazharov.bsky.social
Goat herder. Happy poet.
Rhymes w/ gazette.
Five books, including
The ECHO CHAMBER
(Milkweed)
& CLOUDWATCHER
(Copper Canyon)
Translator of The Popol Vuh
& Humberto Ak'abal
NY Times Best Poetry 2018
NEA Fellow in Poetry & Translation
michaelbazzett.com
Rhymes w/ gazette.
Five books, including
The ECHO CHAMBER
(Milkweed)
& CLOUDWATCHER
(Copper Canyon)
Translator of The Popol Vuh
& Humberto Ak'abal
NY Times Best Poetry 2018
NEA Fellow in Poetry & Translation
michaelbazzett.com
Very grateful to have this poem land in the new issue of POETRY! It's a marvelous issue... 💜 Big thanks to editor Adrain Matejka, and the whole crew! 🙏
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Very grateful to have this poem land in the new issue of POETRY! It's a marvelous issue... 💜 Big thanks to editor Adrain Matejka, and the whole crew! 🙏
So delighted to have this little poem appear in @ampoetryreview.bsky.social, alongside a handful of others! Much gratitude to the editors!
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
So delighted to have this little poem appear in @ampoetryreview.bsky.social, alongside a handful of others! Much gratitude to the editors!
Here's one of them...
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Here's one of them...
Beyond grateful to have a half dozen new poems (from the forthcoming CLOUDWATCHER) appear in the brand new issue of @ampoetryreview.bsky.social! Here's one of them...
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Beyond grateful to have a half dozen new poems (from the forthcoming CLOUDWATCHER) appear in the brand new issue of @ampoetryreview.bsky.social! Here's one of them...
Over the moon to have new poems (from the forthcoming CLOUDWATCHER) in the December issue of POETRY! Huge gratitude to the editors... @poetryfoundation.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Over the moon to have new poems (from the forthcoming CLOUDWATCHER) in the December issue of POETRY! Huge gratitude to the editors... @poetryfoundation.bsky.social
Humberto Ak'abal
(from "If Today Were Tomorrow," translation mine)
#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
(from "If Today Were Tomorrow," translation mine)
#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Humberto Ak'abal
(from "If Today Were Tomorrow," translation mine)
#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
(from "If Today Were Tomorrow," translation mine)
#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Listen to the music and let it stretch you...
What an astounding little poem, from an astounding debut.
What an astounding little poem, from an astounding debut.
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Listen to the music and let it stretch you...
What an astounding little poem, from an astounding debut.
What an astounding little poem, from an astounding debut.
I wrote a novel. Or rather, I imagined a novel. And then I imagined reading it....
...many thanks to @ronslate.bsky.social for publishing the resulting poem at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/the-novel/
...many thanks to @ronslate.bsky.social for publishing the resulting poem at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/the-novel/
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I wrote a novel. Or rather, I imagined a novel. And then I imagined reading it....
...many thanks to @ronslate.bsky.social for publishing the resulting poem at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/the-novel/
...many thanks to @ronslate.bsky.social for publishing the resulting poem at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/the-novel/
..very grateful to Beloit Poetry Journal for giving a home to "The Little Man," a poem for Zeus, who is no longer with us, yet who will be with us forever, and who channelled this work with his sweet & gentle soul...
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
October 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
..very grateful to Beloit Poetry Journal for giving a home to "The Little Man," a poem for Zeus, who is no longer with us, yet who will be with us forever, and who channelled this work with his sweet & gentle soul...
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
..very grateful to Beloit Poetry Journal for giving a home to "The Little Man," a poem for Zeus, who is no longer with us, yet who will be with us forever, and who channelled this work with his sweet & gentle soul...
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
..very grateful to Beloit Poetry Journal for giving a home to "The Little Man," a poem for Zeus, who is no longer with us, yet who will be with us forever, and who channelled this work with his sweet & gentle soul...
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
Ryan Vine's new book, "The Cave," is marvelous...
...including this little gem that parses the line between solitude & merely being alone ❤️ @ryanvine.bsky.social
...including this little gem that parses the line between solitude & merely being alone ❤️ @ryanvine.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ryan Vine's new book, "The Cave," is marvelous...
...including this little gem that parses the line between solitude & merely being alone ❤️ @ryanvine.bsky.social
...including this little gem that parses the line between solitude & merely being alone ❤️ @ryanvine.bsky.social
Love the deft music of this little gem by @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social up at Poem-a-Day today...
August 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Love the deft music of this little gem by @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social up at Poem-a-Day today...
Gold medal in political cartooning?
Siegfried Woldhek for the win...
Siegfried Woldhek for the win...
August 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Gold medal in political cartooning?
Siegfried Woldhek for the win...
Siegfried Woldhek for the win...
Truly incredible news! I'm so proud of Leslie...for writing this stunning, propulsive book; for persisting; for being the consummate artist & role model; & for being the best partner ever... We're feeling very blessed, w/ enormous gratitude to @rrmcq.bsky.social & @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Truly incredible news! I'm so proud of Leslie...for writing this stunning, propulsive book; for persisting; for being the consummate artist & role model; & for being the best partner ever... We're feeling very blessed, w/ enormous gratitude to @rrmcq.bsky.social & @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
Enjoying it very much, thanks!
(It also works on hammocks, and airplanes, I've discovered...)
(It also works on hammocks, and airplanes, I've discovered...)
July 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Enjoying it very much, thanks!
(It also works on hammocks, and airplanes, I've discovered...)
(It also works on hammocks, and airplanes, I've discovered...)
If you'd like a signed copy of either one of these for the Sealey Challenge, feel free to dm me... 💜
July 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If you'd like a signed copy of either one of these for the Sealey Challenge, feel free to dm me... 💜
Amazing how in the NY Times a monster like "Severe Hunger" can simply rise out of the desert and "grip" an entire "people," who are then "dying of starvation," almost as if there were no calcuated, years-long, genocidal plan of elimination...
July 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Amazing how in the NY Times a monster like "Severe Hunger" can simply rise out of the desert and "grip" an entire "people," who are then "dying of starvation," almost as if there were no calcuated, years-long, genocidal plan of elimination...
Over the moon to have a poem in the latest Kenyon Review, a journal I've always admired... Huge gratitude to the editors! 💜
July 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Over the moon to have a poem in the latest Kenyon Review, a journal I've always admired... Huge gratitude to the editors! 💜
...I thought I'd celebrate my birthday today by sharing a few poems that have come out in the last couple of weeks. Here's one from the latest issue of Swing, with much gratitude to the editors... 💜
July 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
...I thought I'd celebrate my birthday today by sharing a few poems that have come out in the last couple of weeks. Here's one from the latest issue of Swing, with much gratitude to the editors... 💜
Delighted and grateful to have a few poems in The Florida Review! Here's one of them... Big thanks to Poetry Editor, @amico.bsky.social!
July 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Delighted and grateful to have a few poems in The Florida Review! Here's one of them... Big thanks to Poetry Editor, @amico.bsky.social!
In case you're in need of a lovely poem this summer evening...
July 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In case you're in need of a lovely poem this summer evening...
Time to tell Paramount/CBS where they can go...
...and all best wishes to Stephen Colbert!
...and all best wishes to Stephen Colbert!
July 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Time to tell Paramount/CBS where they can go...
...and all best wishes to Stephen Colbert!
...and all best wishes to Stephen Colbert!
probably the coolest thing anyone's ever handed me after a reading...
(I don't know know if they were listening, but they were definitely looking...)
(I don't know know if they were listening, but they were definitely looking...)
July 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
probably the coolest thing anyone's ever handed me after a reading...
(I don't know know if they were listening, but they were definitely looking...)
(I don't know know if they were listening, but they were definitely looking...)
tiny poem from Humberto Ak'abal for #smallpoemsunday
thanks for the nudge from @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
thanks for the nudge from @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
tiny poem from Humberto Ak'abal for #smallpoemsunday
thanks for the nudge from @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
thanks for the nudge from @tomsnarsky.bsky.social