Amaka Chime

Writer | Poet | Teacher | To keep a foot in front of the other.
Words detoxify before it heals.

[Amaka Chime @amychime]

Monday morning!
Work
Gratitude
Congratulations

[Amaka Chime @amychime]

@Officialchike Give your life to Jesus. He turns a mess into a portrait. He only takes the guilt away.

[Amaka Chime @amychime]

I received the prestigious William Morgan Poetry Award. I continue to hone my craft and explore the intersections between visual art and poetry.

[River Heron Review @River_Heron]

There’s still time—submissions for Issue 9.2 and the River Heron Poetry Prize close at month’s end. We’d love to read your work.

[Some Words @SomeWordsLit]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

send me something about mothers — being one, having one, etc. — & I’ll publish the first one that I like on Mother’s Day

[Amaka Chime @amychime]

@natallman I am here at this time.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

despite everything (because of everything), Spring

[Amaka Chime @amychime]

And my middle name is Blossom. But the fist has some potential it is safe in togetherness, in opening is the possibility of drooping , of falling petal after petal.

[Amaka Chime @amychime]

@aas_ker Writing. Creativity

[River Heron Review @River_Heron]

The window is open. Send your poems to River Heron and the River Heron Poetry Prize by May 31.

[Amaka Chime @amychime]

I am honored to receive the Anne M. Semlak Memorial Scholarship from the WGSS at ISU.
A testament to the impact of my research and creativity.

[Amaka Chime @amychime]

@AcademiaAesthe1 I remember Anne Sexton's "The Starry Night"

[Amaka Chime @amychime]

The doors leading to doors portals that whispered names we didn't know we had.

[Bluebell Raven @BluebellRaven]

“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.”

—William Blake

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

“[everyone asks for the you they remember]” by CAConrad

[Synekura Audio @synekura_audio]

Toni Morrison: "It is more interesting, more complicated, more intellectually demanding and more morally demanding to love somebody, to take care of somebody, to make one other person feel good"

[BrookesPoetryCentre @brookespoetry]

Join us next week at the Quaker Meeting House in Oxford as we host three fantastic poets who are fascinated by translation: David Constantine, Chris Beckett, and Fahad Al-Amoudi.

Tickets are free, but please register in advance: https://t.co/83FPRQIINR

[Amaka Chime @amychime]

What's happening in poetry?

[Amaka Chime @amychime]

see, observe
a feather falls the bird in
flight wings in rhythm my
soul burning like the sun
touching the sky
insatiable

#WorldPoetryDay

[Amaka Chime @amychime]

Today, we boldly proclaim our commitment to promoting inclusion without constraints. We share our stories with unwavering confidence to inspire ourselves and we listen to stories with a steadfast determination to find encouragement.
#IWD2024
#InspireInclusion

[Amaka Chime @amychime]

Hello it's almost Poetry Month...