“The memes came quickly, the Rothko references, dark humor that, for us, lets off a little steam but does nothing for the actually dead duck who had no way of knowing what an idiom is, the meaning of metaphor, the swampy weight of prophecy….” open.substack.com/pub/thenewve...

The duckling Trump killed in the Reflecting Pool turned out to be a fitting reflection of what his administration is doing across the country. They are damaging wildlife, undermining environmental protections, and treating conservation as an afterthought.

“We are teetering into that part of the season where everything is best just left to itself. Like the mouse, who’s earned its rest. Like the bird who disappeared. Like the books yet to be read and poems yet to be written.” open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...

If you’re local to the area, I’ll be reading here tomorrow! Columbus Arts Festival, Cultural Arts Center Stage, Poets’ Showcase, 4:00-5:00 p.m.

“How does anyone sleep, I wonder, when the demons cast don’t drown but run for office instead—and win?” New poem up on Substack. Have a look.

Re-sharing this new poem here today, as I’ve added an audio link to the post, something I always forget to do! open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...

“How does anyone sleep, I wonder, when the demons cast don’t drown but run for office instead—and win?” New poem up on Substack. Have a look.

“I was assured once more, I suppose, that we are exactly as likely to suddenly encounter the beautiful—indeed, the transcendent—as we are to encounter the dreadful, the terrible, the terrifying. And what would I have missed if I’d been frightened enough to decide never to venture these woods again?”

A hearty congratulations to Edward A Julian, Sr, who has just been selected by Governor DeWine as Ohio's new Poet Laureate! More info: oac.ohio.gov/programs-and...

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Join us May 15-17 in Yellow Springs for the Sun & Moon Poetry Festival, including a keynote reading/workshop by @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social, a scientist who's won the Hugo and Nebula awards for science fiction and Rhysling award (3x) for poetry. Register at www.ohiopoetryassn.org/sun-moon-fes...

Another great reason to join us on May 15-17 at the Sun & Moon Poetry Festival in Yellow Springs is Lauren Camp. Camp was the 2nd New Mexico Poet Laureate. Her works include In Old Sky, winner of the New Mexico Book Award, and Is Is Enough. Register at www.ohiopoetryassn.org/sun-moon-fes...

Another reason to join us on May 15-17 in Yellow Springs for the Sun & Moon Poetry Festival is workshop leader Dior J. Stephens. Register at www.ohiopoetryassn.org/sun-moon-fes... They're the author of ATOMIC I & CRUEL/CRUEL with fellowships from Cave Canem, Sewanee, and Lambda Literary Foundation

Another compelling reason to join us on May 15-17 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, for the Sun & Moon Poetry Festival is workshop leader Paula J. Lambert. Register at www.ohiopoetryassn.org/sun-moon-fes... Birds of prey will be the focus for this generative poetry workshop at the Glen Helen Raptor Center.

Another fine reason to join us on May 15-17 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, for the Sun & Moon Poetry Festival is workshop leader Manuel Iris. Iris is an award-winning, Mexican-born, bilingual American poet who has served as Poet Laureate of Cincinnati. Register at ohiopoetryassn.org/sun-moon-fes...

Another exciting reason to join us on May 15-17 in Yellow Springs for the Sun & Moon Poetry Festival is a haiku hike with Ray McNiece. Register at www.ohiopoetryassn.org/sun-moon-fes... The author of Bone Key Sutra, He has toured Italy with Ferlinghetti and was Poet Laureate of Cleveland Heights.

So proud to be part of this! Up first tonight with Dorian S. Ham! 🙌

New poem up on Substack. Inspired largely by the recent Bigfoot sightings here in Ohio. 🌼 open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...

Plese repost & share! *THE OPEN ACCESS COMPANION TO THE CANTERBURY TALES*, a free, scholar-produced onlyne resource for teachinge and learninge *The Canterbury Tales* at the universitye level: opencanterburytales.lsusites.org

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

January 24, 2026

David Baker reading from Transit tonight at Gramercy Books. Just wonderful.

Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.

"It’s say two weeks after the 1980s become the 1990s and holy shit. We don’t know it but we’ve already heard what will remain our favorite music forever." Love this prose poem by @amorak.bsky.social in @westchesterreview.bsky.social www.westchesterreview.com/amorak-huey

Who remembers typing class? (“Now is the time…”)

Three new poems up today at The Ekphrastic Review, all inspired by Jim Bowling’s Liminal State. Thanks to Lorette C. Luzajic for taking the work, and to Jim for playing along. www.ekphrastic.net

"The [essayist] cannot imagine their [essay], and cannot perceive it until it is complete." ~ Cooper Dart (and Sol Lewitt) brevity.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/s...

made a reminder

Virtual release for Terms of Venery, Revised this Thursday, 7 p.m., Eastern. Invited-mic readers from Sheila-Na-Gig’s most recent issue to follow. Zoom registration here—Join us! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Deeply moved listening to this podcast and hearing my poem "On the Weight of the Soul, the Weight of a Cloud, the Weight of a Whale" read by Luisa A. Igloria. She goes on to read several more poems from the Nature of Our Times, including her own fab work. withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/the-...

Just a little Cyber-Monday note that if you’re interested in a poetry treat for yourself or someone you love, these two chaps are available through Bottlecap Press at $10 each OR $3.50 each for a PDF copy. That’s a pretty good two-fer! Two digital copies from less than the price of one print copy!

Thanks to Braided Way Magazine. 🙏💕 braidedway.org/passages/

Fall schedule somehow keeps growing. October/November: Youngstown, Bowling Green, and Baltimore, OH.

“There’s a full harvest moon out there/ somewhere. But this is Ohio // and it’s raining…”

October 5th is LAST DAY for preorder special price of Terms of Venery, Revised! Available at discounted price of $12.80. Regular price of $16.00 starts on Monday, October 6th. sheilanagigblog.com/sheila-na-gi...

Happy to have a poem in this issue! “Grief as Tunnel Painted in the Side of a Mesa”

So pleased to be part of this anthology and important educational project, with Paloma Press, Wick Poetry, and United by Nature. 🌱 #TheNatureOfOurTimes

Proof copy has arrived! Terms of Venery, Revised. From Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. So proud. So pretty! And two sample poems are available here, in the new fall issue of Sheila-Na-Gig Online. Pre-order sale info included in the same link! sheilanagigblog.com/poetry-archi...

Poetry marathon at Bexley library today, hosted by Mimi Chenfeld and Fred Andrle!

So pleased to share that my new collection of poetry, Terms of Venery, Revised, is now available for pre-order from Sheila-Na-Gig Editions! sheilanagigblog.com/sheila-na-gi...

Today’s highlighted poem is “This Place, Too, a Loss: Blue Whale.” From The Wardrobe, who chose As If This Did Not Happen Every Day as this week’s Best-Dressed feature. sundressblog.com/2025/08/12/t...

The Wardrobe, a Sundress publication, has selected As If This Did Not Happen Every Day as its “Best Dressed” feature this week. Today they’ve chosen to highlight “Indoctrination, 1972.” Thanks so much to guest curator Alexis Ivy, and Wardrobe managing editor Krista Cox.☀️

I adore this book! The Four Ugliest Children in Christendom, by Camille-Yvette Welsch. Picked it up a while ago for the cover and title alone. Finally started reading several weeks ago and fell. in. love. 😍 Still managed not to finish , so doing that now for #TheSealeyChallenge, Day 1.

Me, 2019: "Epstein gambled on the differential between his power and voice in the world and theirs and for the most part he won, because the game was rigged by dozens of people around him... Monsters rule over us, on behalf of monsters." lithub.com/in-patriarch...

July 24, 2025

This is the exhibition that will be on display when Chuck Salmons, Kip Knott and I read on Sunday, August 10th. Figuratively Speaking III at Pennington Custom Art Service, opening reception August 2nd. Show up through the month of August.

Save-the-Date reminders for two upcoming Columbus readings! I’ll be reading with Kip Knott and Chuck Salmons in August, and with Cathy Essinger and Barbara Sabol in September. 📚💕