Beginning in January, this three-part course with @alinaetc.bsky.social 1)Techniques to Fictionalize Photography 2) Epigraphs in Fiction 3) Terrible and Beautiful Angelic Forms in Fiction We have FIVE spots for non-CWC members to join us:

Really moved to see this as it's one of my favorite poems I've written. Thank you, @matthewterrill.bsky.social.

Sneak peek of January in Conscious Writers Collective ✨ www.consciouswriterscollective.com/poetry/

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Ellen Bass:

thankful to @mayacpopa.bsky.social for including this wonderful Ellen Bass poem in her newsletter today

Mary Ruefle:

On this national day of shopping (🙄) here are two craft classes I’m teaching in December: 🎯 ON DESIRE for @Five Things I've Learned: myfivethings.com/class/maya-c... 🎯 ON MORTALITY & POETRY luma.com/1kaxbfbg

Robert Bly:

Poets aren’t bad at self-promotion because we’re inherently humble, but because the habits that sustain poetry have very little to do with the habits required to promote it. Promotion can feel like an assault on the inner world by the outer one.

A poem from my forthcoming book in Poetry London today 🤍

On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read well beyond “The Two-Headed Calf,” discussing the work of caregiving & poetry, approaching both with deep curiosity & attention to mystery.

On this national day of shopping (🙄) here are two craft classes I’m teaching in December: 🎯 ON DESIRE for @Five Things I've Learned: myfivethings.com/class/maya-c... 🎯 ON MORTALITY & POETRY luma.com/1kaxbfbg

A poem from my forthcoming book in Poetry London today 🤍

On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read well beyond “The Two-Headed Calf,” discussing the work of caregiving & poetry, approaching both with deep curiosity & attention to mystery.

@mayacpopa.bsky.social , I love your poem, "They Are Building A Hospital", which I first heard on Padraig O'Tuama's podcast. 🌞 onbeing.org/programs/may...

Maya C. Popa, from “Dear Life”, Wound Is the Origin of Wonder

Li-Young Lee:

So glad to host this amazing session in Conscious Writers Collective (CWC) in collaboration with Five Things I’ve Learned. Get a ticket here—you don’t want to miss this session! myfivethings.com/class/buildi...

“You have made me an Eden, / …by which I mean, you will leave me. “ Stunning new work by @mayacpopa.bsky.social. Can’t wait for this book to come out.

❤️‍🩹 bsky.app/profile/maya...

Friends, I'm grateful to have a poem from my forthcoming book, IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY, in this week's New Yorker. 🤍

Friends, I'm grateful to have a poem from my forthcoming book, IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY, in this week's New Yorker. 🤍

Join us on Monday in CWC for our upcoming craft class with Gaby Calvocoressi, who has written one of my favorite books of the last 10 years, The New Economy.

Jorie Graham:

I hope @mayacpopa.bsky.social doesn't mind me sharing her beautiful poem here. I just thought it was lovely and you should all see it.

Raymond Carver:

“What kind of world / would let loose / a low orange moon”

Last chance to register for @alinaetc.bsky.social's three-part intensive, which starts TODAY at 12 PM EST (recording available if you miss it!).

Last chance to register for @alinaetc.bsky.social's three-part intensive, which starts TODAY at 12 PM EST (recording available if you miss it!).

Today’s poem is selected by Maya C. Popa (@mayacpopa.bsky.social) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry. “Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you.” appeared in The New Economy by Gabrielle Calvocoressi, published by Copper Canyon Press, 2025.

Mary Ruefle:

"Beyond the shale night / filling with rain."

Dear humans, join me and the incredible @mayacpopa.bsky.social alongside the wonderful writers in this collective. If money is prohibitive, you can apply for a scholarship here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

So grateful to @mayacpopa.bsky.social for the world she nurtures, the wonder (and hope) to which she commits language and being, and her relationship to poetry as life. ❤️

Please spread the word, friends. I really hope this scholarship reaches and serves writers who would not otherwise have access to instruction and community. (Form is on our IG, @consciouswriters)

"Why does this light force me back / to my childhood?"

The amazing @alinaetc.bsky.social will be teaching 3x workshops on the essay in Conscious Writers Collective this October, November, and December. Link in bio ✨

The amazing @alinaetc.bsky.social will be teaching 3x workshops on the essay in Conscious Writers Collective this October, November, and December. Link in bio ✨

"where we stood, saying I"

Please spread the word, friends. I really hope this scholarship reaches and serves writers who would not otherwise have access to instruction and community. (Form is on our IG, @consciouswriters)

Mahmoud Darwish trans. by Mohammed Shaheen

Excited to be teaching a class entirely on book reviewing. September 18, 4-5:30 PM EST. Replays available. Spots are limited. See you soon. x mayacpopa.com/onlineclasse...

By @poetalicewhite.bsky.social:

A necessary reminder:

"Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not."