Tabi Po Poetry
@tabipopoetry.bsky.social
Rooted in Filipinx reverence & Midwestern grit | Featured Poets & Open Mic | Third Sundays in Milwaukee | Hosted by Amanda Ngoho Reavey & Seth Copeland | www.tabipopoetry.com
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Tabi Po Poetry
@tabipopoetry.bsky.social
· Jun 17
“Tabi Po” is what you say when entering wild places, a request to pass through unseen realms with care.
It’s also a poetry altar.
A gathering of spirits, voices, grief, and joy.
Join us every third Sunday. You’ll be welcomed with poems and warmth.
#poetry #tabipopoetry
It’s also a poetry altar.
A gathering of spirits, voices, grief, and joy.
Join us every third Sunday. You’ll be welcomed with poems and warmth.
#poetry #tabipopoetry
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Alex Jeffrey Pretti was executed by a U.S. federal agent while trying to protect a woman.
That’s the headline.
That’s the headline.
January 24, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Alex Jeffrey Pretti was executed by a U.S. federal agent while trying to protect a woman.
That’s the headline.
That’s the headline.
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Another execution by ICE today??? WTF!!!!!
ICE must be shut down. We cannot have armed thugs roaming our streets murdering and kidnapping people any longer.
ICE must be shut down. We cannot have armed thugs roaming our streets murdering and kidnapping people any longer.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Another execution by ICE today??? WTF!!!!!
ICE must be shut down. We cannot have armed thugs roaming our streets murdering and kidnapping people any longer.
ICE must be shut down. We cannot have armed thugs roaming our streets murdering and kidnapping people any longer.
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I can’t stop thinking about how we don’t even know how many people ICE has murdered off-camera. We know it’s not zero, but what’s the upper bound? Every death and disappearance is a potential execution when they seem to believe no killing is unjustified.
January 24, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I can’t stop thinking about how we don’t even know how many people ICE has murdered off-camera. We know it’s not zero, but what’s the upper bound? Every death and disappearance is a potential execution when they seem to believe no killing is unjustified.
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@brennawomer.bsky.social has a new free digital chap in petrichor 29, Dear Mom, in which erasure is the content of the letter.
petrichormag.com/current-issue/
petrichormag.com/current-issue/
January 19, 2026 at 5:03 PM
@brennawomer.bsky.social has a new free digital chap in petrichor 29, Dear Mom, in which erasure is the content of the letter.
petrichormag.com/current-issue/
petrichormag.com/current-issue/
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January 15, 2026 at 6:33 AM
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Right wing media says she “called herself a poet” as an insult. She was a poet. May she inspire more to be poets. We can never have enough as the world grows more evil and cold.
January 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Right wing media says she “called herself a poet” as an insult. She was a poet. May she inspire more to be poets. We can never have enough as the world grows more evil and cold.
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Both our co-hosts (& heavy friends!) are guest-editing the next edition of About Place Journal, and we couldn't be more excited and honored to curate this volume. Thanks to Michael and Jesse for this opportunity.
Folks: Amanda, Seth, Nora, and Beatrice are ready to read your work!
Folks: Amanda, Seth, Nora, and Beatrice are ready to read your work!
The call for the next issue of About Place Journal, "The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance," is now open. We would love to have your work!
🗓️ Submission period: January 1 to March 10, 2026
🖋️ Editorial team: Amanda Ngoho Reavey, Seth Copeland, Nora Boxer & Beatrice Szymkowiak. #LitMag
🗓️ Submission period: January 1 to March 10, 2026
🖋️ Editorial team: Amanda Ngoho Reavey, Seth Copeland, Nora Boxer & Beatrice Szymkowiak. #LitMag
Call for Submissions ➡️ The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance. | We seek works that engage with land, home, borders, environment, and community, not as static backdrops, but as living terrains that hold grief, memory, & the seeds of transformation. aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/
January 1, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Both our co-hosts (& heavy friends!) are guest-editing the next edition of About Place Journal, and we couldn't be more excited and honored to curate this volume. Thanks to Michael and Jesse for this opportunity.
Folks: Amanda, Seth, Nora, and Beatrice are ready to read your work!
Folks: Amanda, Seth, Nora, and Beatrice are ready to read your work!
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The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Contest opens September 1st. Any chap published this year by a current Wisconsin resident is eligible. This is my second year as coordinator of the contest. The final judge is my first poetry mentor, John G. Morris.
www.wfop.org/chapbook-con...
www.wfop.org/chapbook-con...
August 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Contest opens September 1st. Any chap published this year by a current Wisconsin resident is eligible. This is my second year as coordinator of the contest. The final judge is my first poetry mentor, John G. Morris.
www.wfop.org/chapbook-con...
www.wfop.org/chapbook-con...
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IRL alert! The resurrection of The Bell Tower! Who else is still putting on #houseshows ??
#punksnotdead #poetrylives #smallpress #milwaukee #midwest
#punksnotdead #poetrylives #smallpress #milwaukee #midwest
June 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
IRL alert! The resurrection of The Bell Tower! Who else is still putting on #houseshows ??
#punksnotdead #poetrylives #smallpress #milwaukee #midwest
#punksnotdead #poetrylives #smallpress #milwaukee #midwest
There are names I can’t pronounce in my mother’s tongue.
I write poems to remember what was never taught.
I write poems to remember what was never taught.
June 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
There are names I can’t pronounce in my mother’s tongue.
I write poems to remember what was never taught.
I write poems to remember what was never taught.
Poetry as ritual. Ritual as resistance. What do you return to when writing fails you?
June 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Poetry as ritual. Ritual as resistance. What do you return to when writing fails you?
“Tabi Po” is what you say when entering wild places, a request to pass through unseen realms with care.
It’s also a poetry altar.
A gathering of spirits, voices, grief, and joy.
Join us every third Sunday. You’ll be welcomed with poems and warmth.
#poetry #tabipopoetry
It’s also a poetry altar.
A gathering of spirits, voices, grief, and joy.
Join us every third Sunday. You’ll be welcomed with poems and warmth.
#poetry #tabipopoetry
June 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“Tabi Po” is what you say when entering wild places, a request to pass through unseen realms with care.
It’s also a poetry altar.
A gathering of spirits, voices, grief, and joy.
Join us every third Sunday. You’ll be welcomed with poems and warmth.
#poetry #tabipopoetry
It’s also a poetry altar.
A gathering of spirits, voices, grief, and joy.
Join us every third Sunday. You’ll be welcomed with poems and warmth.
#poetry #tabipopoetry
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petrichor #27 is here, including Pebbles vol. 5 and some great work greater than great great big great great big kaboom pow zowie.
Cover art by Michael Orr.
petrichormag.com/petrichor-27/
Cover art by Michael Orr.
petrichormag.com/petrichor-27/
April 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
petrichor #27 is here, including Pebbles vol. 5 and some great work greater than great great big great great big kaboom pow zowie.
Cover art by Michael Orr.
petrichormag.com/petrichor-27/
Cover art by Michael Orr.
petrichormag.com/petrichor-27/
Clearly we’ve been neglecting this space! But we had an amazing turnout for Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley this past Sunday! #tabipopoetry #poetryisnotdead #milwaukee #wisconsin #MKEevents
June 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Clearly we’ve been neglecting this space! But we had an amazing turnout for Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley this past Sunday! #tabipopoetry #poetryisnotdead #milwaukee #wisconsin #MKEevents
Join us February 16 for Richard Hedderman!
February 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Join us February 16 for Richard Hedderman!
Robin Christie was our featured reader two Sundays ago! She read from her newly published book, “I am a Woman Growing.” #poetry #milwaukee #tabipopoetry #countyclareirishpub
January 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Robin Christie was our featured reader two Sundays ago! She read from her newly published book, “I am a Woman Growing.” #poetry #milwaukee #tabipopoetry #countyclareirishpub
Just bought some cello etudes by Popper…
November 23, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Just bought some cello etudes by Popper…
Due to time and labor constraints (and that we’re all volunteers), we’ve decided to focus primarily on the Tabi Po Reading Series & Open Mic. We’ve updated our website to reflect this. Check it out! www.tabipopoetry.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Due to time and labor constraints (and that we’re all volunteers), we’ve decided to focus primarily on the Tabi Po Reading Series & Open Mic. We’ve updated our website to reflect this. Check it out! www.tabipopoetry.com
An excerpt from “Asterism” by Ae Hee Lee.
November 12, 2024 at 5:53 PM
An excerpt from “Asterism” by Ae Hee Lee.
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Use you library
Use your library
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November 10, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Use you library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Join us on November 17th at County Clare Irish Pub in Milwaukee, 3pm. We are featuring Ae Hee Lee followed by an open mic.
November 12, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Join us on November 17th at County Clare Irish Pub in Milwaukee, 3pm. We are featuring Ae Hee Lee followed by an open mic.