J.D. Isip

Professor, Poet, Dog Dad
"Imitate Jesus & Socrates" - Ben Franklin
"We must cultivate our garden" - Candide

[J.D. Isip @JDIsip1]

Well, friends and fam - I won! 🤩
I am so grateful to @triohousepress and to @januaryoneil, who chose my manuscript out of so many awesome finalists!

[Nicole Tallman @natallman]

We had so much fun last night at the launch of A Very Gay Literary Happy Hour! Thank you @jacklegpress for the platform, to featured readers Achy Obejas, @ClayreBenz & @dan_kraines & to my special open mic readers. I love you all. 🔗to recording: https://t.co/oZcUqrESbj

[phillip crymble @phillipcrymble]

The final entry in Wendy Cope's Collected Poems (2025)

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

Farewell by Federico García Lorca, born #OTD in 1898.⁠
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Read the poem: https://t.co/Kw2wpizZif

[Stephanie K. Merrill @skmerrill3]

Read another good poem by Justin Lacour.

[ONE ART @OneArtPoetry1]

Early Bird by Julia Caroline Knowlton in ONE ART: a journal of poetry

https://t.co/EJcNDU9u7p

[Trampoline Poetry @TrampolinePoet1]

Gillian Conoley from Tall Stranger.

[Mag Gabbert @mag_gabbert]

For our Friday favorite poem, let’s go with an elegy to mourn(?) the end of the week by Mong-Lan!

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

6/5/26 “and it was, done under the moon
until the rain started and, then, done
under the rain, i am ashamed to say it,”

[O’Shea Jackson Jr @OsheaJacksonJr]

I saw it. Now you have to see it. His name is Samuel. And he…is a king.

[Maureen Thorson @maureenthorson]

In honor of the literal swarm of bees that descended on my backyard today, here’s a poem by Naomi Shihab Nye.

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

A poem by Jane Kenyon 🥹

[phillip crymble @phillipcrymble]

Rick Barot

[Poetry Daily @Poetry_Daily]

Review: "This Poor Book" by Fanny Howe

"Her 'I' is often situated on trains, in cars, or walking, recording fleeting images that move like a landscape through a train window: blink and you’ll miss it."

Read here:
https://t.co/3dWfmFk4q7

[Democritus Sr @DemocritusSr]

Theodore Roethke, “Death Piece” #poetry

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

thinking about this again; just shared it with a wonderful writer friend i haven't talked to in a while

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“That’s what you want—for the text to be as alive and mutable as possible.” —Claudia Rankine https://t.co/TSzScBIzw5

[Mag Gabbert @mag_gabbert]

HOW ABOUT a favorite poem by Taylor Byas??

[RobertAllenPoet @RobertAllenPoet]

Kay Ryan

[Nicole Tallman @natallman]

In case you missed us live last night, @RichieHof, Amanda Merpaw and I brought all the rainbows, glitter and unicorns to @EmergeJournal’s Pride Month Celebration! 🌈🪩🦄https://t.co/xVxGZFH1nb