Woke up today with this Charles Simic poem front of mind🪞

Don't miss this beautiful piece by @poetmarcuswicker.bsky.social!

oh, this is gon be good! DEAR MOTHERSHIP the new poetry collection by @poetmarcuswicker.bsky.social dropping Sept. 8th...

Coming in September!

A new essay about Nate Dogg, a week shy of the 15th anniversary of his passing✨ www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/177...

That was the most beautiful, cinematic, lit as hell half time show I’ve ever seen. And understood maybe three words.

We're hiring a new *remote* director of editorial, design, and production @cornellupress.bsky.social! Come work with us! jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...

Every time I re-read Mueller, I'm reminded I should teach a class on her work:

Re-sharing this today! I wrote about an emerging millennial poetics of work, as represented through three great poetry books. fencedigital.com/2026/01/30/c...

This hit so fucking hard today.

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen: Common & John Legend Esperanza Spalding A Tribe Called Quest reunion show at Rock the Bells Chicago Roy Hargrove Frankie Beverly

Rachel Eliza Griffiths is releasing her memoir, "The Flower Bearers," after enduring profound personal tragedies.

Aren’t you?

My 1-month-old son is instantly soothed by Luther Vandross’ “Never Too Much.” So basically we’re nailing parenthood over here.

Aracelis Girmay ♥️

“I’ve got the blues and I don’t, but I do.” — @poetmarcuswicker.bsky.social details the National Guard’s arrival in Memphis, Tennessee, where the governor has authorized federal government intervention to carry out anti-immigration initiatives. 🔗: https://shorturl.at/rOP5B

this weekend's #poetry book from @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social

I’ve been giving myself permission to complete some essays on my first love, music. Thanks to @oxfordamerican.bsky.social for running this piece about how the blues can become a sanctuary & rallying cry, an outlet for communal joy in a moment of political tension. oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/a-blu...

the incomparable Marcus Wicker @poetmarcuswicker.bsky.social I love the way this begins: "Protected by contoured sunglasses, body armor, and Military Police shields stitched to their backs, the National Guard have come to combat crime at the Bass Pro Shop." oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/a-blu...

Another perfect New Year's Day poem. From Jane Hirshfield's book, After: bookshop.org/a/862/9780060779191 #poem #books #writing

⏰ Last call for entries! Deadline is 11:59pm EST Jan 1! The Stern Prize is open to all poets age 50+, regardless of previous publication history. The prize of $2,000 will be awarded in 2026 with publication by APR in partnership with Copper Canyon Press in the following year. More: loom.ly/JUkTfFM

Started my Christmas by dancing around the living room with baby in my arms to the Marcus King Band at 4 AM & then working on a poem🎄🎅🏾

"Today’s poem charmed me immediately with its imagination and its restraint," host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shared in today's episode of The Slowdown, number 1406. "It’s also a poem I want to read again as soon as I finish it." Read "Paperweight" by Ryan Teitman: bit.ly/4oZE6fH

No matter what, an hour spent talking shit in the barbershop is alway gonna lift me up. It’s also always mad insightful, for better or worse. & when it’s worse, man…

"Today’s poem is so relatable, because the speaker is doing what I so often do: watching videos on the internet in the middle of the night," says host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in episode 1375. Read “Dear Absent," by @poetmarcuswicker.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4nUopG3

"Today’s poem speaks to the ways we can care for one another, and of how profound and meaningful even the smallest gestures are,” shares host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode. Read “Lotioning My Mother’s Back” by Ama Codjoe: bit.ly/3KCwVKR 📖: @milkweededitions.bsky.social

Just got to email zero. It may never happen again this year, & that’ll have to do.

Fit check for the first day, year 9 in Memphis

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

I’ve worn my Blowout Comb shirt in NYC, Detroit, & Chicago. But in the last 10 minutes 4 people have stopped me to say “Digable Planets changed my life.” Which is to say, Memphis is a real ass music town & people forget to say that part. When I say people I mean media. & people who don’t go outside.

Only just now discovering this Lucille Clifton poem dedicated to Clark Kent.

Apparently I can only be a morning writer on Fridays, camped out in front of the living room windows at 6 am with a draft & Gatorade bribes for the garbage men who forget our bins whenever I sleep in. Which is honestly some 40-year-old shit I never imagined for myself. #writers

September 30!

This poem by @aireadee.bsky.social lifted me this morning on its Icarus wings. "Light refracts my name in dialect only moths comprehend."

Wanda Coleman

Three striking new poems by Ellen Bass: "Call," "Oh honey, oh baby," and "Homage to the Dead Man," with audio. https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/ellen-bass-2/ #poetry #poems #poet #fear #despair #praise #heart #death #family

LA/BURBANK! I could not be more excited to talk to aja monet about her latest poetry book, FLORIDA WATER! Come chat with us at Buena Vista Library on July 1, 7pm! burbank.libnet.info/event/13500932

I'm a contributor to Breaking Atoms' "Elements: Searching For DOOM" episode. You can listen to it here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Poetry Daily is trying to add 1000 subscribers to their poem-a-day newsletter this month—it’s free, it’s a diverse reading experience, it’s an email you’ll actually be happy to see. 💫 @poetrydaily.bsky.social Sign up here:

My debut poetry collection is now available for pre-order from @matchfactoryeds.bsky.social, a great new press. I'm thrilled to be in their first round of releases! Check out all their books, and here's the link to mine if you're interested:

I’ve got news! My third poetry collection, DEAR MOTHERSHIP, is forthcoming from Ecco in 2026. I wrote this book through grief, lapses in faith, career highs, bouts of disillusionment with the world, & a hard-fought rediscovery of joy. I’m so excited to share it with you!

I'm elated to share the cover for my next poetry collection, It's Important I Remember, due out 2/15/2026 from Northwestern University Press and now available to pre-order. I pray that these words move you; may they be part of a movement toward one another and away from tyranny.

My essay “After the Rooster Crows” is out today at @literaryhub.bsky.social. It’s about exile, poetry, and what I’ve brought with me. Thank you for reading. lithub.com/after-the-ro...

How moved to find my sad spontaneous overflow at home in the wonderful Georgia Review, alongside work from writers I admire. Here's my girl, whew, here she is, friends, be gentle, snapped w/ a few other poems that caught my eye. What an issue! 🌾 Grateful for poetry. #nationalpoetrymonth

She doesn’t miss @emilyskaja.bsky.social

I’ve decided to think of April as National Write Some Shit Month. Worked on an essay today. Might mess around and write a prose poem tomorrow and a grant narrative Thursday. Get real noncommittal with my dailyness this year.

Headwear brought to you by Ron Mitchell, who has been known to sneak a just because gift into a box of Southern Indiana Reviews when I least expect it🙌🏾

From Danielle Cadena Deulen's book, Desire Museum. #poem #poetry #books #writing

Don't forget this is the last week of our fiction contest! Submissions close this Friday, so don't hesitate to submit! #pinch #thepinch #litmag #literarymagazine #literaryjournal #contest #writing #fiction