“There’s a reason poets often say, ‘Poetry saved my life,’ for often the blank page is the only one listening to the soul’s suffering, the only one registering the story completely, the only one receiving all softly and without condemnation.” -Clarissa Pinkola Estes #poetry #PoetrySky

Some kind of WONDERFUL is happening tonight, Nov. 20, in Berkeley! Poetry Flash is hosting a reading by poets Camille Norton and Rosa Lane: 7 pm at the Art House Gallery, 2905 Shattuck Avenue. Come listen to these wild women get their poems on! #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrysky #PoetryFlash

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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 tinyurl.com/3zachp75 #EscapeFromTheFatFarm #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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Lemony Snicket: my favourite book is 1,000 years old www.thetimes.com/culture/book... #LemonySnicket

“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." -Amazon review www.amazon.com/Escape-Fat-F... #EscapeFromTheFatFarm

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Hays successfully cured me of a persistent, life-long habit of interjecting the annoying phrase “you know’ whenever I couldn’t think of any other way to end a sentence. tinyurl.com/9vcrtku6 #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

Poetry fans, the 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE of SHINE Quarterly is just around the bend! Stay tuned... #shinepoetry #poetrycommunity #internationalcommunity

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“The month of November makes me feel that life is passing more quickly. In an effort to slow it down, I try to fill the hours more meaningfully.” ― Henry Rollins #November

Lesser Lights: More Tales From a Hamptons' Apprenticeship “Lesser Lights is very funny. There's also an exquisitely fine sense of a special place and time.” -Phillip Lopate www.amazon.com/Lesser-Light... #memoir #memoirist #poet

Poetry Foundation Announces 2025 Recipients of the 21st Annual Pegasus Awards Recognizing lifetime achievement in craft, service to the literary arts, and poetry criticism. More: tinyurl.com/4xhpus4r #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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“Originally conceived and executed, darkly funny, full of compelling content and unexpected turns, interesting on so many levels at once. Not like anything else I’ve ever seen. I truly love this book.” -Patricia Carlin, Editor, Barrow Street www.amazon.com/Escape-Fat-F... #poetry #PoetrySky

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Without creativity, poetry withers. It is the essential current that flows through a poet, igniting their imaginative landscape and creating distinctive and deeply moving artistic expressions. #PoetrySky #creativity

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The "what if?" question is central to the poetic process. It's a tool for expanding reality and exploring possibilities beyond the literal. A poet doesn't just describe a tree; they might ask: What if this tree could speak? #inspiration #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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When it was Oviedo’s turn, he smiled shyly but remained silent. We had to drag it out of him. We prodded him and joked with him until he finally confessed. Excerpt from Oviedo, Escape From the Fat Farm www.amazon.com/Escape-Fat-F... #EscapeFromTheFatFarm

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Stephen Burt takes us on a lyrical journey with some of his favorite poets, all the way down to a line break and back up to the human urge to imagine. youtu.be/08ZWROqoTZo?... #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

“Sandy McIntosh's entertaining new volume might be mistaken, at first, for a merry romp through personal and literary history conducted by a slightly confused, well-meaning people-pleaser.” -Laurel Blossom, American Book Review tinyurl.com/yvum2jrs #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetrySky

By exploring the works of various poets and their diverse styles, you'll not only enrich your understanding of language and rhythm but also gain new perspectives and insights into the human condition. #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

Poetry News → DENISE DUHAMEL, PÁDRAIG Ó TUAMA,and PATRICIA SMITH. The Miami Book Fair, Miami Dade College/Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL 33132 (Building 8, Room 8303). www.miamibookfair.com #PoetryNews #PoetrySky

Poetry News → JANE HIRSHFIELD and novelist David James Duncan are reading to celebrate Emergence Magazine’s new annual issue. Point Reyes Books, Dance Palace, 503 B St., Point Reyes Stations, CA 94956. ptreyesbooks.com/event/2025-1... #PoetryNews #PoetrySky

Poetry News → TONY TRIGILIO will be in conversation with Liz Rose Shulman about her new book, Good Jewish Girl: A Jerusalem Love Story Gone Bad. Seminary Co-op Bookstore, 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637. www.semcoop.com/event/liz-ro... #PoetryNews #PoetrySky

Susan Bailey Reads “Ernesta,” from Obsessional by Sandy McIntosh youtu.be/1g8G0Xi1hEs?... #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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Of the color green, of Klimt and Kahlo, of water and horticulture, of Poland and Austria and Southbend, of Diane Seuss and the Great Lakes, of Jamaica and love poems and writing through precarious seasons. New episode with @nataliesolmer.bsky.social! 📚💙🎙️ #poetry #podcast #booksky

Poetry News→ Poetry Event at Molloy University, hosted by BARBARA NOVACK, Writer-in-Residence. Featured poet Rich Orloff + open mic and refreshments. Reception Room, Kellenberg Hall, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre, NY 11571-500 #PoetrySky #PoetryNews

“Many of the most memorable pieces in Endless Staircase, Sandy McIntosh's fourth book of poetry are in blocks of prose." –Tom Fink www.amazon.com/Endless-Stai... #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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