Love these Hayden Saunier poems at @oneart.bsky.social !
"That’s the god we were taught we had.
. . . A clear-eyed god, unmoved
by megachurch money and gold filigree.
God as shepherd.." oneartpoetry.com/2026/03/11/t...
Come write poems with me. I’m teaching a six-week class (virtually) via the Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning. I hope you will join me! Deets and registration: carnegiecenterlex.org/class/poetry...
Really enjoying @oneart.bsky.social's anthology of very short poems! oneartpoetry.com/2026/02/22/i...
"I've decided to leave here forever . . . "
www.youtube.com/watch?v=06hA...
@rebunting.bsky.social and I are excited to share this issue with all of you as we start year two! Seven pieces, one for each day of the week...give us a read!
Legislatures are proposing the same in KY and TN
I love a Saturday issue drop because we can stay in our pajamas, drink coffee, and READ all morning! I hope you LOVE this spectacular NEW ISSUE of @splitlipthemag.bsky.social as much as I do. Thank you to our contributors & staff for all the work & love that went into making this issue shine! 💫
Thrilled to offer this poetry workshop in support of the mission of Backwoods Literary Press. Come write with me on December 10! Register here and pay what you can shorturl.at/zWw2q
Cincinnati, see you next weekend at Books By The Banks
Perugia’s annual prize is open for subs through 11/15 (2 MORE WEEKS) for what will be our 30th collection. Open to women poets, inclusive of gender-expansive identities, who have not published more than one full-length collection. Full guidelines & info in bio. We look forward to reading your work!
Look at my mail! Congrats, @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social !! I'm so happy to have your new collection. (Also, I have poems in this issue of Appalachian Review. You can read them online, but please think about supporting them with a subscription if you can: appalachianreview.net/2025/03/19/t...)
So thrilled that Kathleen Driskell is featured on The Slowdown Show this morning. Her poem is from her new collection, Goat-Footed Gods, first published in Still: The Journal last year. www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2025...
A new book club opportunity from Belle Point Press! @bellepointpress.bsky.social bellepointpress.substack.com/p/backlist-b...
Ooh! I'm so excited to be teaching this new class for The Makery at Hindman Settlement School in November. I hope you can think about joining me! hindman.org/events/poems...
The MAGA movement is focused on touting only the exceptional parts of our past “because having to look too closely at the disturbing parts of American history would mean having to look closely at the disturbing parts of themselves,” Clint Smith argues:
The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I love Sparrow Envy so much (cover + contents!)
I'm so excited to be reading with Belle Townsend at the next Hill Writers Collective on August 23. But it's not just a reading: it's a whole thing with writing prompts and audience sharing. I hope you'll come. Here's the link to register: marianneworthingtonbelletownsend.eventbrite.com
A British crow is asking passersby if they're alright.
Today's Feature:
Two poems from the Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration anthology published by @haymarketbooks.org: "Break from Madness" by Kennedy A. Gisege & "Sometimes I Wonder If God Really Fuck with Me Like That" by Sin à Tes Souhaits
Read here: poems.com/poem/two-poe...
Wowwee @hubcitypress.bsky.social is OPEN this weekend for single-narrative nonfiction! This is my time, my favorite stuff! Can be personal, reportage, memoir, cultural criticism, history, or a blend of the above. Ends at midnight on Sunday. Drop any questions below.
hubcity.submittable.com/submit
Kentucky State Poetry Society sponsors two poetry contests, and the deadline is coming at the end of July. Bernard Clay will judge the open contest (for any US poet), and Elaine Palencia will judge the contest for KSPS members. Details here: kystatepoetrysociety.org/poetry-conte...
The Kentucky State Poetry Society has two contests for poets. Both members and non-members of KSPS can enter, and when you do, you support the vital work KSPS offers the Commonwealth & beyond. Here's all the details: kystatepoetrysociety.org/poetry-conte...
Send us your poems. Deadline is July 31.
So happy to see @williamwoolfitt.bsky.social’s poem up today at @poetrydaily.bsky.social !!
@bellepointpress.bsky.social
poems.com/poem/dry-run...
Do you have a favorite Brian Wilson composition? I love this one. It's got everything: a fugue at the end, unique melody, and that tamborine! RIP Brian Wilson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u90b...
I'm so excited to be teaching another class sponsored by The Carnegie Center on August 7. It's a 2-hour online (Zoom) generative class on writing place in poetry. Cost is $35, (cheap!) and I would love to see you there. Here's the details: carnegiecenterlex.org/class/writin...
Last call for registration. We're writing this Thursday, May 8: carnegiecenterlex.org/class/prosin...
@hanvanderhart.bsky.social's poem @poetrydaily.bsky.social from yesterday (yeah, I'm behind a day) is such an excellent model of living with ambiguity and mystery. ❤️ poems.com/poem/invocat...
New issue of SOUTHERN HUMANITIES REVIEW is out and I’ve got a poem there thanks to editors Rose McLarney and @jdpaden.bsky.social. Please consider supporting with a purchase. I’m so grateful to be next to writers I love and admire in this issue! www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/581-hunters-...
I'm honored to be teaching in The Makery via Hindman Settlement School again! Join my 3-week course on writing in form. All are welcome--useful to those of us new to poetry as well as those of us who have more experience and want to sharpen craft skills. Details: hindman.org/themakery/
