"Some humans say trees are not sentient beings, but they do not understand poetry—" —Joy Harjo #poem #poems #poetry

The tenth installment of our "Literature and Democracy" series is now live! Featuring six poems by Ukrainian poet Moisei Fishbein, translated into English by John Hennessy & Ostap Kin, & an interview between Kin & NER international correspondent Ellen Hinsey. sites.middlebury.edu/newenglandre...

Idk this little four panel comic by Lynda Barry (drawnandquarterly.com) just unexpectedly really got me so here you go

From Ocean Vuong's book, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: bookshop.org/a/862/978052... #books #booklovers #oceanvuong #authors #writing

We lived in the house of poetry, which was also the house of love and grief; the house of solitude and art; the house of Jane’s depression and my cancers and Jane’s leukemia. Donald Hall

~Maureen Seaton (throwing away all the rules & her work singing) from The Sky is an Elephant (Redacted Books, 2023)

Little secret is that the poem featured (“Fade Away”) is an excerpt from a very bad ass long poem about music and bands, desire, nostalgia, aging, and more 🎶

Here’s a great overview of the phenomenal Nikki Giovanni. Truly a legend. 💔

I hope I die warmed by the life that I tried to live — Nikki Giovanni 🖤🙏🏾

Hello! We’re here to post about queer poems and our little poetry books - hopefully without the toxicity of other places. 🥰