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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 1h

Honored to write the poetic foreword for this anthology that speaks to the heartbreak of displacement, the resilience of memory & the beauty of belonging to more than one place. For anyone who has experienced/feels the same & educators wishing to share in classrooms www.routledge.com/Giving-Voice...

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Ito Romo @itoromo.bsky.social · 1d

This Wednesday, I am joining my dear friend (and genius) Hayan Charara at a reading to celebrate his new novel, *Hush Little Children* 10/15, 5:30pm - 7:00pm, at the @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social at the Historic Pearl. Come visit with us.

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 2d

For this final #StanzaSunday of #HispanicHeritageMonth, a poem I wrote at the request of constitutional lawyer Larry Tribe—to honor the D.A.C.A. DREAMers.

Hear me read the poem, and explore #LatinoPoetry at libraryofamerica.bsky.social: www.latinopoetry.org/fea.../como-...

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Ito Romo @itoromo.bsky.social · 3d

Quick visit, but super happy to see him @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social Hold your people close. ❤️ Perfect cocktails and beautiful fried chicken livers at still our favorite restaurant Cured at Pearl.

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 6d

This #BannedBooksWeek, I’m standing with @penamerica.bsky.social and the American Library Association to protect the stories that shape us. Every book banned is a voice silenced, a perspective lost, a thread cut from our shared tapestry. Join the fight for our FREADOM pen.org/dont-censor-...

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 7d

In times that test us, poetry grounds us—gives voice to the unspeakable & helps us find meaning. 🌿 Free poems, prompts & workshops now live for #HispanicHeritageMonth.
💬 “So You’re Not a ‘Real’ Poet?” → Nov. 15. Free Forum for first 50 to sign up!
richard-blanco.com/workshops/

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 11d

What is it about a poem that can shape how we see the world? How does language hold memory, identity & truth?

I’m grateful to join the Conversations in Craft series—exploring poetry’s architecture: form, voice, image, intention.

Still time to join us on #Zoom! www.writerscenter.org/event-detail...

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 14d

Grateful to the Hudson Valley Writers Center for honoring me + ID Studio Theater at the 2025 Gala, One Together in One Single Sky. Language + storytelling has shaped my life, and I deeply admire #HVWC’s work nurturing writers of all backgrounds + building a community where words matter.

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 16d

Image by Billy Pasco/Unsplash.
#HispanicHeritageMonth #poemoftheday #WhenGivingIsAllWeHave #poetryislove #kindnessiseverything

Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 16d

Thoughts for this #StanzaSunday are from Alberto Ríos, "When Giving Is All We Have." I return to this poem time & time again. Love is the ancient wisdom from which we came & to which we return; let's give all we can of ourselves, make boomerangs of our hearts.
poets.org/poem/when-gi...

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 18d

“Knowledge is knowledge. Everything you learn in life comes back to you.”

#FlashbackFriday to a 2019 interview on balancing engineering with poetry—and how art heals in unexpected ways.

✨ FREE live forum at the end of Nov: “So You’re Not a ‘Real’ Poet?” → richard-blanco.com

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 21d

What a night at the PROXIMO Gala: celebrating American masters & geniuses at the crossroads of business, culture, and innovation. Grateful for the momentum, the voices, and the new paths we sparked together. ✨

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Valerie Bolling @valeriebolling.bsky.social · 22d

On Saturday, Sept. 27 I'll be at the Chappaqua Children's Book Festival. I'll be in the blue tent, row 7. Stop by to say hello!

I'll sign copies of my newest #PB, #AFleaforJustice, as well as my other books: www.valeriebolling.com/books.
@charlesbridge.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #authorlife

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 25d

#FlashbackFriday to 1997: my reading of "Palmita Mía" in the *Café Con Leche* documentary, exploring the stories of the adult children of the first wave of Cuban exiles in the U.S. Fifteen years before Obama called. Those were the days! youtu.be/aVv7IsvzK4g

"Palmita Mía," Richard Blanco

YouTube video by Richard Blanco

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 27d

Happy Publication Day to my dear friend Achy Obejas on her bilingual poetry collection, *The Boy Kingdom / El reino de los varones.* A tender, fearless meditation on what it means to be a queer mom to two sons, holding space for many identities: Cuban American lesbian Jewish. #HispanicHeritageMonth!

Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · 29d

Honoring my father on the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, & the sacrifices of so many who journeyed in search of “Life, Liberty, & the pursuit of Happiness” in the America we once dreamed of. "My Father in English" carries these memories, hopes, & this enduring love for family & country.

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Martín Espada @martinespadapoet.bsky.social · Sep 11

24 years ago, 43 members of HERE Local 100—workers at Windows on the World—were among the 2,753 killed on 9/11. Most were immigrants, many undocumented, invisible in life, even moreso in death. Alabanza—praise. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47868/...

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · Sep 12

At Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse in Maine -- watching the late-summer sun go down with my beloved Mark. Hope you all had a great summer!

#endofsummervibes #FridayFeeling

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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · Sep 12

If you think that #poetry does not matter, think again…

Omar Hamad is a pharmacist, writer & film critic, from #Gaza, ‘a witness of the Genocide’

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · Sep 7

It’s easy to speak words that divide. It takes “much, much longer” to build courage, compassion, and integrity.

Poetry reminds us of the space between words—where empathy and moral reckoning live.

Wishing you peace in those spaces.

📖 Pádraig Ó Tuama, Shaking Hands: poets.org/poem/shaking...

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · Sep 5

My brother Carlos & his wife Laura are presenting Miami’s first large-scale dog festival!

📅 Jan 17–18, 2026 | 📍 Regatta Park, Coconut Grove

Frisbee dogs, pup contests, K-9 demos, food & more - in support of dog rescues!

I’ll be there remembering our beloved Joey (2005–2018)

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Blerrspookster 🙀 @blerrycat1.bsky.social · Sep 3

A book is a tree that makes you hallucinate vividly

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excited to join the NEA Big Read with Monica Wood at Mechanics’ Hall on Nov 13 (7 pm). A night of poetry & conversation on nature, identity, and what it means to be human. Hope to see you there!
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/nea-big-re...

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Ken Bardsley @kenbar.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Richard Blanco @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social · Sep 1

Grateful to be part of Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth exhibit in Belfast, M.E. (Sept 12). Live music + Robert introducing portraits with large-scale projections. Bring a chair/blanket + celebrate truth as the highest virtue of democracy. americanswhotellthetruth.org/events/brigh...