Today’s poem is selected by Emily Skaja (@emilyskaja.bsky.social‬) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry. It appeared in The Master Letters by Lucie Brock-Broido, published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Shared here with deep gratitude.

My favorite poet showing out, showing her whole heart❤️ @emilyskaja.bsky.social

“What will I do with my days / now that my nights / are sublimely alone / and how will I make use of this wound / I carried like a map / so that I would never, never / lose you?” — @paulmguest.bsky.social, “In Praise of the Defective” thediagram.com/7_4/guest.html

'Black lake, black boat,' by Emily Skaja was published in The Poetry Review Spring 2025, which is out now and available for purchase via the link in our bio, and is freely available to read on our website.

happy #smallpoemsunday from this snippet by Rae Armantrout @armantrout.bsky.social 🌈

Natalie Shapero’s poems never not stopping me in my tracks (in this morning’s @kenyonreview.bsky.social newsletter)

Victoria Chang The Trees Witness Everything

Jill Osier

Molly Brodak

Friends & beloveds are worried abt what’s coming, from detentions to disruption of healthcare to denial of rights. Friends abroad are terrified too Know you are not alone. We are here for you—in any way we can Here is a link to a poem I go to when lost: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48501/...

I keep rereading this solstice poem by Catherine Wing, “The Darker Sooner.” (h/t @jessejohnson.bsky.social ) “More was the word we used for harder. Lost was our standard-bearer. Our gods were fallen faster, and fallen larger.”

“turn your face again” A poem by Frank Bidart.

What a nice surprise to be on this terrific list of poets & poems with my favorite @emilyskaja.bsky.social ✨✨ lithub.com/49-contempor...

Who should you ask about the best poems of 2024? Poets, of course. And their picks are all available to read online for free.

To the young who want to die.

Thought about sharing this elegy (cw: miscarriage) on X last month, but it felt too chaotic over there even then. Grateful to @ampoetryreview.bsky.social for seeing me. www.aprweb.org/poems/dear-a...

Longing, we say, because desire is full of endless distances. —Robert Hass #fromthearchive poems.com/poem/meditat...