Most weeks I am no more than the color of the walls in the room where we sit, or I am blind to clocks, restless, off-guard, accomplice to the weathers that burn and flee. Joanna Klink @BoulevardLitMag
Long live memory’s things: the prawns suspended in their ancient shells, the unscooped flour, the violence preceding every feast. So many nights we have spent at the kitchen sink shedding skins. Natalie Rose Richardson @NarrativeMag
she stored her silk roses by her bed & when she finished writin the account of her exploit in a diary embroidered with lilies & moonstones she placed the rose behind her ear & cried herself to sleep. Happy birthday...
I see nothing as it is anymore; since remembering my body as temporary, I impose it anywhere it fits. Could the trees be trees, or are they stitches suturing mud to heaven? @laypay @NarrativeMag
"Promptly I am quenched. I’m talking about a cheap paperback which fans and slips to the floor with a shush. Skirt stretched taut between new knees, heard turned back, I hold down a branch" Poets House Presents Lisa Robertson tomorrow...
Can poetics engage politics? Join three poet-activists in discussing electoral politics, civil unrest, and the intersection of poetry and politics. Captions available on our website. https://t.co/GvKEF7pova
Poets House Presents: Lisa RobertsonCanadian poet, essayist and translator Lisa Robertson reads prose from The Baudelaire Fractal (Coach House Books, 2020), from Nalliers, France. Co-Presented by the Consulate General of Canada in New York. Lisa Robertson is a Canadian poet and essayist currently living ...
Town Hall on the Election: Extended VersionCan poetics engage politics? Join three poet-activists in discussing electoral politics, civil unrest, and the intersection of poetry and politics. Patricia Spears Jones, founder of the American Poets Congress, Joey De Jesus, candidate for NY Assembly District 38, and Bryan ...
Trivia Relief - Home"Perhaps echoing his best-selling work, this poet had pets named Jellylorum, Pettipaws, Wiscus and George Pushdragon." Do you know this poet's identity? Download the Trivia Relief e-book to test your arts knowledge while supporting arts orgs at www.triviarelief.org! Trivia Relief ...
“Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking.” -Antonio Machado, from “Proverbs and Songs 29” Today’s the day! We are thrilled to announce the opening of the Poetry Path, a public art installation featuring poetry fragments installed ... 3 Comments
“Rice and Beans” “They are better together. Me and Jayden We are better together.” -Josh, 4th Grade, PS 1 (2016) This charming poem was written by Josh during one of our school visits—and is now featured on our Poetry Path ... 1 Comments 13 Likes
Timeline Photos“i am new york city here is my brain of hot sauce *** Take my face of stink bombs my star spangled banner of hot dogs take my beer can junta *** and approach me through life approach me through ... 10 Likes
You have 2 days left to apply to one of our Master Classes at Poets House! Master Classes offer advanced writers of poetry an opportunity to work intensively with some of the most respected poets of our time. Work with ... 45 Likes
"as soon as I write taxi wheels on a wet road—gone, before this line ends." -Marie Howe, “New York City, October 2002” There's poetry underfoot at Battery Park City Parks... There are 4 DAYS until the opening of the Poetry ... 1 Comments 15 Likes
