Grace Bauer

Poet. Unholy Heart: New and Selected Poems (U of Nebraska/Backwaters Press). And nevertheless, she's persisting.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

The GOP plan for the economy has 5 parts:

1) Drive up inflation & the deficit by cutting taxes for the rich.
2) Raise Rx drug costs.
3) Increase health care premiums.
4) Cut Medicare & Social Security benefits.
5) Cancel student loan forgiveness.

Not convinced? Vote Democrat.

[Grace Bauer @gracebauerpoet]

@_ashawndabney yes, many people.

[Abigail R. Esman 💙💛🇺🇦 @AbigailEsman]

Dr. Oz says the decision should be between the woman, her doctor, and local politicians. The problem is, when the woman and the doctor want one thing and the politicians want another, the woman loses. Sometimes, she also loses her life.

So much for that scheme.

[Grace Bauer @gracebauerpoet]

So happy to see this. Rette was a dear friend. You might be interested in the anthology Umpteen Ways of Looking at a Possum: Critical and Creative Responses to Everette Maddox, which I co-edited with Julie Kane.

[Forgotten Good Poems @ForgottenGPoems]

Here's "The Waste" by Everette Maddox (1944-1989), taken from his selected, I Hope It's Not Over, and Good-by (2009). Many thanks to @turisa_rucker for suggesting Maddox (specifically his poem, "The Miracle," which I'll retweet as well. One more poem by Maddox tomorrow.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

Today's poetry thread: AFFIRMATION

Here's a little flicker in the dark. Feel free to add poems.

[Kelli Russell Agodon @KelliAgodon]

Happy Birthday, Sylvia Plath, who would have been 90 years old today.

[Grace Bauer @gracebauerpoet]

@toddedillard That's happened to me and I appreciated it.

[John Fetterman @JohnFetterman]

Here’s the truth: I’m running to serve PA.

Dr. Oz is running to use PA.

I got knocked down, but I got back up. And now I’m fighting for everyone in PA who has gotten knocked down and had to get back up. #PASenateDebate

[Brett Pransky @BrettPransky]

I find it hilarious that there are still people who say "They wouldn't *really* take away Social Security" after watching what they did to Roe.

Of course they'll take away Social Security. They'll smile at you when they do it, too.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

Today's poetry thread: STARS

Here's one for the wild-hearted. 💫 Feel free to add poems.

[JP Seabright 💜 @errormessage]

This is just to say...

I have submitted
the poems
that were sitting
in drafts

and which
I was probably
saving
for editing

Forgive me
they were tempting
so rough
and so raw

[SandraHeskaKing @SandraHeskaKing]

“It’s a hard time to be human. We know too much
and too little.” ~ Ellen Bass in “The World Has Need of You” via @EDayPoems #dipintopoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity

[Lawns are a grift meant to keep us subservient. @BRVogt]

Celebrating the official release of this book which profiles my home gardens over 12-ish pages. Check it out. https://t.co/NmtneAkeGd

[Grace Bauer @gracebauerpoet]

@nathaliejacoby1 A bit of both. But mostly fear.

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

I am sure Kanye can still get a fashion deal with My Pillow.

[Grace Bauer @gracebauerpoet]

@maggiesmithpoet And which hit will baby Jesus croon?

[Grace Bauer @gracebauerpoet]

@elysehartpoetry or a full length book. Takes a bigger floor space.

[Joy Castro @_JoyCastro]

“Stunning historical fiction that puts women front and center―at last!―in the late-19th-century world of Cubans seeking freedom for their island from the other side of the sea. Beautiful & illuminating!”
―@ruthbehar

Jan. 3. Pre-orders available now.

https://t.co/QY8vAjQTzU

[Grace Bauer @gracebauerpoet]

@kellydavio @Gargoyle65 the whole world has gone mad