Donna Spruijt-Metz

Poet, scientist, and *squee* MacDowell Fellow! P-order my book here

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@ilya_poet Another heartbreaking day

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@NewYorker @ilya_poet So so good

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Thank you @WTRlitmag

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“this poem is about one
plate in the sink—but the rest—
what shall I do with the rest?”

This week’s #flashbackfriday is “Young Widow at the Kitchen Window” by @DSMPoet from the Summer 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.

Read it here:

https://t.co/UaD0Ho54l7

#poetrycommunity

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Thank you @ilanot_review

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Kicking off our virtual launch of Flaw and Favor is Donna Spruijt-Metz! @DSMPoet

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Thank you @heidiseaborn1

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The poetry we need now! My list: @jorie_graham @lady_bronte @DSMPoet @CyrusCc37 @LKTuffaha @HarryetteMullen @landaudeborah ++ @FourWayBooks @PerseaBooks @WordWorksEditor @CopperCanyonPrs @CornerstoneUWSP @AAKnopf @GraywolfPress @uakronpress +tic tic tic https://t.co/j1of4ZtHmE

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Waiting for the Mortuary Team https://t.co/yJFvHNkPED via @solsticelitmag

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Thank you @BenYehudaPress !!

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What do an egg, a square, and a key have in common? Ben Yehuda Press!

We are proud to be launching three new poetry titles this month:

Wu Wei Eats an Egg by Lucas Hirsch, translated from the Dutch by @DSMPoet

The Broken Heart is the Master Key by Baruch November

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Thank you @WestTradeReview

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“I find myself outside
of my body—watching
and narrating: 'the young widow
crosses the living room.'”

Excerpt from “Young Widow at the Kitchen Window" by @DSMpoet, in the new Summer 2025 edition.

Listen to the poet read it here:
https://t.co/4pAoNvsNXu

#writingcommunity

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@WTRlitmag Thank you 🙏🏻

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@ilya_poet It’s all a horror.

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First Father’s Day without my husband. Thank you Michael Simms at Vox Populi for giving this quirky elegy a home https://t.co/Lb44UVcRy2

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Four words, and already we are in Kafka Territory:

"Hey You! Papers, please?"

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@ilya_poet Heartbreak

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It’s over a 100 years after the great Jewish crusader for free speech, Emma Goldman, was deported from USA for her speaking out. Yet history repeats itself.

People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out.

People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out.

We mustn’t stay silent.

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@ilya_poet I have so much sorrow, Ilya. So much

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Donna Spruijt-Metz reading for us at AWP. We'll see you soon in LA; we'll be at T540, our 23rd year of attending AWP!

@DSMPoet @awpwriter #poet #AWP #AWP25 #poets #poems #poetry #SmartishPacePoets #creativewriting #poetrycommunity

https://t.co/ao7TZZxIKc via @YouTube

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@brhodes @ilya_poet 🤢

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@chenchenwrites Happy Lunar New Year!

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@ilya_poet So beautiful

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@ilya_poet Thank you.