hallie

evil poet, phd student, lover of mary oliver

[hallie @halfogarty]

My debut chapbook CARAPACE is out now from And Then Publishing! I am so proud of these poems and would love if you would consider buying a copy. There are reviews on the And Then blog with sneak peeks, and you can purchase your copy here: https://t.co/KDpex1ni4o

[Tom Snarsky @TomSnarsky]

one of my favorite poems by Eliot Cardinaux

[RobertAllenPoet @RobertAllenPoet]

I just watched a documentary on Ursula K. Le Guin. I haven't read a lot of her, just some stories. The thing I didn't know is that she wrote ten volumes of poetry, a cool surprise to me.

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I try to. I cathedral. In desire. In anger.

[Tom Snarsky @TomSnarsky]

and I listen

David Ignatow

[phillip crymble @phillipcrymble]

Caught off guard by the stillness at the heart of this Ray Carver poem

[buy Fenestration @Othuke__Umukoro]

There's a dream I have in which I love the world.
—Cameron Awkward-Rich

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...it is the place to which you always return,

— Jonathan Chan 💙

[aiman @dumbsoftheart]

sheila heti, alphabetical diaries

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It's April—no May—it's May

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Sonia Sanchez

[RobertAllenPoet @RobertAllenPoet]

Bernadette Mayer

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

the thing is, to make art, to fall in love, to do anything really worth doing, you have to risk embarrassment, humiliation, heartbreak. to do anything you have to risk being. and that's being in front of—or more scary, with—others.

[phillip crymble @phillipcrymble]

Jericho Brown, for the late crowd

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

“I am so sad and everything is beautiful.”

— Mark Nepo

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This poem appeared in Inside the Miracle: Enduring Suffering, Approaching Wholeness by Mark Nepo, published by Sounds True, 2016. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Work on your reports. Review each of your life's ten million choices. Endure moments of self-loathing.

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I have to tell you