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Poet | Teacher | Editor | Walker | Pennsylvanian | Plant-based Temporary Shelters (2025) Muddy Dragon on the Road to Heaven (2020) Teaches at Rosemont College Montgomery County Poet Laureate 2010 grantclauser.com

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Looks like the bluebird lost the coin toss on this location.

11.03.2026 16:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
graphic featuring a portion of Aimee's poem, which can be found in full at the link in the post

graphic featuring a portion of Aimee's poem, which can be found in full at the link in the post

photograph of poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil

photograph of poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil

"Todayโ€™s poem transported me back to [a] shared experience," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social says in episode 1473 of The Slowdown.

Read โ€œSolar Eclipseโ€ by @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/3MY4jh0

10.03.2026 20:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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WCoNA - The Writers Conference of Northern Appalachiaยฎ The Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia is a conference for writers of all genres and levels of experience. The 2026 Conference will be held at Saint Francis University, and is a great place to ...

A wonderful book and deserving winner. Congrats to the editors. wcona.com/book-of-the-...

09.03.2026 22:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please share to helps this sweet boy get the BEST home! He's been in the shelter for so long. #dogs #adoptdontshop

09.03.2026 20:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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1472: The Road to Baghdad by Seth Brady Tucker Todayโ€™s poem is The Road to Baghdad by Seth Brady Tucker.

Imagine my surprise to wake to @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social featuring one of my poems on The Slowdown?!
If you don't yet subscribe or support this endeavor, now is your chance!
www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2026...

09.03.2026 15:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey Lancaster PA folks, this Sunday @mgarrigan.bsky.social and I will be reading from our new books at Nooks Gallery & Bookstore.

09.03.2026 16:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A photo of Adam Tavel next to a picture of the cover of The Ghost-Star King

A photo of Adam Tavel next to a picture of the cover of The Ghost-Star King

Adam Tavel's poem "[I OEDIPUS am learning . . .]", originally published in Issue 296 (Summer 2023), will be included in his forthcoming collection Ghost-Star King from The Word Works. Ghost-Star King is available for pre-order now: wordworksbooks.org/product/the-...

09.03.2026 14:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From my collection of miniatures, Dust and Stars.

18.02.2025 14:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was a great evening. Thanks for organizing it.

08.03.2026 13:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The obligatory #AWP book haul photo

08.03.2026 13:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Monica Prince and I talk about some fun stuff and some deeply difficult stuff, coming Thursday on Iโ€™m Three Poems. You can listen wherever you tune into podcasts or just go to inthreepoems.com

07.03.2026 20:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is our existential crisis.

07.03.2026 18:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

NEW POEMS BY ME!!!!

big thanks to @bulbregion.bsky.social for including this batch and another to come soon

07.03.2026 16:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 53 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AWP is full of litterbugs

07.03.2026 16:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Itโ€™s alive!

06.03.2026 18:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I feel seen.

05.03.2026 16:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Look Inside Richard Hellโ€™s East Village Tenement Apartment (Gift Article) The punk-rock icon and writer has spent more than 50 years in his East Village tenement apartment.

It fits that Richard Hellโ€™s apartment looks like a firetrap www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

05.03.2026 15:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Don Paterson ยท Poem: โ€˜Phoenixโ€™

wee poem in LRB this week

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

05.03.2026 11:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

looking forward to meeting you at motor house

04.03.2026 15:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Come see us at the Cornerstone Press reading at #AWP March 7

22.02.2026 14:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sean Thomas Dougherty โ€” ballast

www.ballastjournal.com/sean-thomas-...

03.03.2026 11:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Authors Earn Too Much Money Will work for jars of honey

How much honey is a poem worth? open.substack.com/pub/grantfau...

02.03.2026 23:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I finally got around to watching "Come See Me In The Good Light," the Andrea Gibson doc. Powerful movie.

02.03.2026 14:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
We Lived Happily During the War And when they bombed other peopleโ€™s houses, we ย  protested but not enough, we opposed them but not ย  enough. I was in my bed, around my bed America ย  wasโ€ฆ

It's disheartening how frequently this poem becomes appropriate. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/91413/...

01.03.2026 13:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fresh box of my books arrived and the driver left them on the trash can. Guess heโ€™s not a poetry fan.

28.02.2026 16:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Radiohead Demands That ICE Remove Its Song From a Social Media Video

Radiohead Demands That ICE Remove Its Song From a Social Media Video www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...

28.02.2026 13:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cause Of Death: Fox News Toward the end he sat on the back porch, / sweeping his binoculars back and forth / over the dry scrub-brush and arroyos, / certain he saw Mexicans

A Tony Hoagland poem from 2016 www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/261...

28.02.2026 13:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Grant Clauser โ€” OTHERWISE COLLECTIVE PHQ Issue 15 - Grant Clauser

These 2 poems published last year in @planthumanq.bsky.social are still some of the favorite things I've done. otherwisecollective.com/clauser

28.02.2026 13:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Third Commonness: Essays on Poetry, Poetics, and the Natural World by Robert Hass - Copper Canyon Press A Third Commonness by Robert Hass

Robert Hass has a new book arriving!

A Third Commonness:
Essays on Poetry, Poetics,
and the Natural World

The Book
www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/a-thir...

The Poet
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert...

poets.org/poet/robert-...

www.literarymatters.org/17-2-the-imm...

#poetry #poets #books

28.02.2026 05:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ayesha Ostler reads Jessica Traynor's "Midwinter"
Ayesha Ostler reads Jessica Traynor's "Midwinter" YouTube video by Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation

A beautiful little film with a poem by one of my favorite poets Ireland's Jessica Traynor

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE1D...

28.02.2026 09:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0