“There are times when I can find myself in a book, too, for two or three hours. But afterward I have such an urge to go out and reach for other people. Very often they're not around. There's also a metaphysical loneliness. We all feel it.” ― David Ignatow #DavidIgnatow #poetry #PoetrySky

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Ernesta, in the Style of the Flamenco, Sandy McIntosh's latest volume, bursts with brilliance and sizzles with sass. -Denise Duhamel www.amazon.com/Ernesta-Styl... #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

2026 Marsh Hawk Poetry Prizes Contest Judge: Denise Duhamel Open for Submissions marshhawkpress.org/2026-marsh-h... #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky #PoetryNews

Reading poetry can also spark your own creativity and inspire you to think in new and imaginative ways. #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.” — from “Preface to Lyrical Ballads.” -William Wordsworth #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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A poet observing a crowded train station might describe the people rushing by. They might focus on the brief, fleeting glances between strangers, the worn-out shoes, or the smell of rain on a coat, using these small details to explore themes of loneliness, connection, or time. #PoetrySky

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Lewis Center Announces Hodder Fellows for 2026-27 Read more: tinyurl.com/bdxtzdm2 #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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If you’ve read Escape for the Fat Farm (or any of my other books), I’d appreciate it if you left a review. www.amazon.com/stores/Sandy... #poetry #PoetryLovers #PoetrySky

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Wednesday (1/28), Subhaga Crystal Bacon, @nicolecallihan.bsky.social, Jessica Cuello, & @jamesallenhall.bsky.social join the WPLS. #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry #writers

The poems in THE AFTER-DEATH HISTORY OF MY MOTHER involve the work of mourning. They come to terms with mortality and reparation for acute loss in surreal, dream-like encounters between the living and the departed. www.amazon.com/After-Death-... #grief #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

After six years at the New York Military Academy, doing his best to escape the clutches of such predatory schoolmates as Donald Trump, Sandy McIntosh had the good fortune to attend Southampton College on Eastern Long Island. sandymcintosh.info/resume/ #poet #WritingCommunity

Poets on Translation: Huffing Like a Horse Sometimes, choosing the “wrong” word can reveal what the “right” one can’t. Read more: tinyurl.com/yyrhfcbn #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

Poetry provides a safe, structured space to explore complex emotions—grief, joy, love, and struggle. #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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Attending poetry readings is a great way to gain a new perspective on poetry, make connections with artists, and find exciting new poets. #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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“His clean, swift poems strike the reader's eye as well as heart as they rangle from hope to nightmare, from loss to social comedy." -Michael Heller www.amazon.com/Between-Eart... #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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Tap into Poetry Edition 17 is out now! Check out 15 newly published poems from poets like: @shrutidhora.bsky.social and @cspatra.bsky.social tapintopoetry.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/t...

“I would define … the Poetry of words as The Rhythmical Creation of Beauty.” - Edgar Allan Poe #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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“Escape from The Fat Farm is a brilliant, surreal, darkly funny book that stuck in my memory like literary crazy glue long after I put it down." - Jean Taylor www.amazon.com/Escape-Fat-F... #EscapeFromTheFatFarm

Altoona professor nominated for Pushcart, Best of Net, and fiction awards tinyurl.com/4fjwj6yx #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

Sandy McIntosh has published several volumes of poetry and non-fiction prose. His essays have appeared in the New York Times, Newsday, and elsewhere. He was a student of H.R. Hays. www.amazon.com/Selected-Poe... #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

January The days are short The sun a spark Hung thin between The dark and dark. Fat snowy footsteps Track the floor, And parkas pile up Near the door. The river is A frozen place Held still beneath The trees' black lace. The sky is low. The wind is gray. The radiator Purrs all day. ―John Updike

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Lesser Lights: More Tales From a Hamptons' Apprenticeship “Included are tales of wild adventures in filmmaking with Norman Mailer and Ilya Bolotowsky; the communist influence on the work of the writers and painters.” www.amazon.com/Lesser-Light... #memoir #memoirist #poet

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