Gregory Byrd

Poet, novelist, literature and humanities professor, Florida native, sailor, fisherman, Buddhist. All opinions and statements are my own.

[BreakThrough News @BTnewsroom]

BREAKING: After Trump deployed Marines to LA, this military member joined an anti-ICE protest in Dallas, declaring, 'We won’t be pawns in stripping away constitutional rights.’

[Gregory Byrd @drgregbyrd]

@thebloodpudding can you tell me about what happens with novel manuscript submissions? Are you publishing them serially or is there a publishing arm of the journal?

[TRP: The University Press of SHSU @TxReviewPress]

Featuring Evana Bodiker, Mike Schneider, Loueva Smith, @MeeseAmerica, and @VineRyan

[Gregory Byrd @drgregbyrd]

#poetry #workshop #trauma

[Gregory Byrd @drgregbyrd]

excited to be teaching a short online poetry workshop in July for Sweet: A Literary Confection: Embracing Trauma: A Poetry Workshop. Details are in the following link and class is limited to six participants. Please pass the word! https://t.co/mWpguCjrhV

[Gregory Byrd @drgregbyrd]

@BerniceKing @NikkiHaley Nostalgia rears its ugly head. Beware of politicians talking of a time where things were simple, moral and patriotic. Times have always been terrible, complex and wonderful.

[Tricycle: The Buddhist Review @tricyclemag]

Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ and a Nichiren Buddhist, has died. https://t.co/q29ibVl2Iz

[Gregory Byrd @drgregbyrd]

I wrote this poem about our experience of attending Orthodox Easter in Albania. A joyous Easter to all who observe. Oh, the rug behind me is an Albanian design, crafted by hand by weavers in Shoder
. https://t.co/8BUQ2FOaPE
#easter #albania #Daughter #tirana #geometry

[Gregory Byrd @drgregbyrd]

@FLOTUS But all us cat owners know it's the box she really likes!

[Gregory Byrd @drgregbyrd]

@AJamesMcCarthy When I taught Humanities, we would read Galileo and then view Jupiter, Saturn and the moon through a Galilean scope and then my Criterion RV-6. Kids LOVED it!

[Gregory Byrd @drgregbyrd]

@StephenKing Actually, this is easy except for the last bar. Sorta weld the mostly-used one onto the new bar by getting them both quite wet. Eventually all of the first one will be gone. Don't know what to do with the last one.

[Gregory Byrd @drgregbyrd]

GI Bill (poem from Salt and Iron by Gregory Byrd) https://t.co/Z1m6J8brYh via @YouTube On Veterans Day, for all who have served.

[Willow Springs Magazine | SUBS OPEN @WillowSprings]

Also reading at our issue 90 release party is Gregory Byrd.

Among his poetry books are "Salt and Iron", "At Penuel" "Florida Straits", and "The Name for the God Who Speaks".

Join us tomorrow! October 14th, 6pm PST:
https://t.co/kQlRvszhD4
https://t.co/ajQTBmnXJX

[Gregory Byrd @drgregbyrd]

@shailjapatel @RealLyndaCarter Just taught Mary #Rowlandson. Tomorrow, teaching Anne #Bradstreet and Emily #Dickinson !

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

All 7 billion human beings have a common experience—we all appreciate love. We all have a seed of love and affection within us and the potential to cultivate greater love and compassion. If we want to create peace in the world it has to start with the heart, with inner peace.

[Gregory Byrd @drgregbyrd]

#RaphaelSoyer #ekphrasis #LaborDay #poetry #LincolnSquare https://t.co/iCjZyuwN0q

[Gregory Byrd @drgregbyrd]

For Labor Day, here's "Farewell to Lincoln Square," an ekphrastic poem after the painting by Raphael Soyer. https://t.co/LuXoOrNDZs

[Gregory Byrd @drgregbyrd]

@RealLyndaCarter Happiness is much easier to maintain than joy, which is more of a peak experience and is transitory. You can be happy overall but have less-than-joyful days. Thanks for keeping us real!

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Two years ago, I won with 73% of the vote. I could easily have done so again. But it would have required that I go along with Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. That was a path I would not take. No House seat is more important than the principles we are all sworn to protect.

[Jessica Chastain @jes_chastain]

Happy “Independence” Day from me and my reproductive rights.