Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
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A literary nonprofit bringing you great poetry from across places, eras, and traditions.
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Pinned
"I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief."
Friedli Walton performs Wendell Berry's "The Peace of Wild Things" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief."
Friedli Walton performs Wendell Berry's "The Peace of Wild Things" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
"A woman like that is not a woman, quite.
I have been her kind."
Sabrena Osei-Tutu performs Anne Sexton's "Her Kind" in a new poem film created in collaboration with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
I have been her kind."
Sabrena Osei-Tutu performs Anne Sexton's "Her Kind" in a new poem film created in collaboration with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
February 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
"A woman like that is not a woman, quite.
I have been her kind."
Sabrena Osei-Tutu performs Anne Sexton's "Her Kind" in a new poem film created in collaboration with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
I have been her kind."
Sabrena Osei-Tutu performs Anne Sexton's "Her Kind" in a new poem film created in collaboration with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
"Every day without him
is too long;
she’s waiting
with the tired cows at the gate."
Happy birthday to Jane Clarke!
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is too long;
she’s waiting
with the tired cows at the gate."
Happy birthday to Jane Clarke!
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/after
Jane Clarke - "After"
Now that her heart is bent over
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February 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
"Every day without him
is too long;
she’s waiting
with the tired cows at the gate."
Happy birthday to Jane Clarke!
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/after
is too long;
she’s waiting
with the tired cows at the gate."
Happy birthday to Jane Clarke!
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/after
"No sun this morning, but the promise of a tilt
and so men on the radio talk about things we can’t see."
Ayesha Ostler performs Jess Traynor's poem "Midwinter" in a 2025 poetry film created in collaboration with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). With thanks to Bloodaxe Books.
and so men on the radio talk about things we can’t see."
Ayesha Ostler performs Jess Traynor's poem "Midwinter" in a 2025 poetry film created in collaboration with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). With thanks to Bloodaxe Books.
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"No sun this morning, but the promise of a tilt
and so men on the radio talk about things we can’t see."
Ayesha Ostler performs Jess Traynor's poem "Midwinter" in a 2025 poetry film created in collaboration with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). With thanks to Bloodaxe Books.
and so men on the radio talk about things we can’t see."
Ayesha Ostler performs Jess Traynor's poem "Midwinter" in a 2025 poetry film created in collaboration with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). With thanks to Bloodaxe Books.
What matters yon unheeding throng?
They cannot feel my spirit’s spell,
Since life is sweet and love is long,
I sing my song, and all is well.
Paul Laurence Dunbar died #OnThisDay in 1906.
They cannot feel my spirit’s spell,
Since life is sweet and love is long,
I sing my song, and all is well.
Paul Laurence Dunbar died #OnThisDay in 1906.
Paul Laurence Dunbar - "The Poet and His Song"
A song is but a little thing,
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February 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
What matters yon unheeding throng?
They cannot feel my spirit’s spell,
Since life is sweet and love is long,
I sing my song, and all is well.
Paul Laurence Dunbar died #OnThisDay in 1906.
They cannot feel my spirit’s spell,
Since life is sweet and love is long,
I sing my song, and all is well.
Paul Laurence Dunbar died #OnThisDay in 1906.
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Reposted by Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
February 5, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Reposted by Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
February 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
"I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief."
Friedli Walton performs Wendell Berry's "The Peace of Wild Things" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief."
Friedli Walton performs Wendell Berry's "The Peace of Wild Things" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
February 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief."
Friedli Walton performs Wendell Berry's "The Peace of Wild Things" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief."
Friedli Walton performs Wendell Berry's "The Peace of Wild Things" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
On Feb. 10, join us at the Conduit Club for an evening of poetry & film, featuring performances by Anthony Anaxagorou & Marjorie Lotfi, a screening of four films of their poems, and a discussion between the poets and filmmakers Savannah Acquah & Rob Akin.
UK Global Majority Poets on Film - The Conduit
Tue 10 Feb, 6pm - 7:30pm WritersMosaic and the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation present UK Global Majority Poets on Film LIVE at The Conduit Club
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February 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
On Feb. 10, join us at the Conduit Club for an evening of poetry & film, featuring performances by Anthony Anaxagorou & Marjorie Lotfi, a screening of four films of their poems, and a discussion between the poets and filmmakers Savannah Acquah & Rob Akin.
"No excuses when a poem
burgeons, nascent, budding on the cusp
of your lips, terrace of your tongue."
@allisonpoet.bsky.social, "Extraction"
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burgeons, nascent, budding on the cusp
of your lips, terrace of your tongue."
@allisonpoet.bsky.social, "Extraction"
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Allison Joseph - "Extraction"
If there’s a poem in you,
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February 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
"No excuses when a poem
burgeons, nascent, budding on the cusp
of your lips, terrace of your tongue."
@allisonpoet.bsky.social, "Extraction"
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burgeons, nascent, budding on the cusp
of your lips, terrace of your tongue."
@allisonpoet.bsky.social, "Extraction"
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"they were flimsy
as our resistance to the crimes committed
—again, again—in our name"
From "In California During the Gulf War" by Denise Levertov.
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as our resistance to the crimes committed
—again, again—in our name"
From "In California During the Gulf War" by Denise Levertov.
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Denise Levertov - "In California During the Gulf War"
Among the blight-killed eucalypts, among
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February 3, 2026 at 8:40 PM
"they were flimsy
as our resistance to the crimes committed
—again, again—in our name"
From "In California During the Gulf War" by Denise Levertov.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/in-cal...
as our resistance to the crimes committed
—again, again—in our name"
From "In California During the Gulf War" by Denise Levertov.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/in-cal...
"I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother."
Langston Hughes was born on this day in 1901.
Watch Obioma Ugoala perform Hughes' iconic poem "I, Too" in this film made in 2025 with The Irish Cultural Centre.
I am the darker brother."
Langston Hughes was born on this day in 1901.
Watch Obioma Ugoala perform Hughes' iconic poem "I, Too" in this film made in 2025 with The Irish Cultural Centre.
February 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
"I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother."
Langston Hughes was born on this day in 1901.
Watch Obioma Ugoala perform Hughes' iconic poem "I, Too" in this film made in 2025 with The Irish Cultural Centre.
I am the darker brother."
Langston Hughes was born on this day in 1901.
Watch Obioma Ugoala perform Hughes' iconic poem "I, Too" in this film made in 2025 with The Irish Cultural Centre.
"This place
is hellbound in a handcart. Cat, you mark
her words."
Paddy Cunningham performs Carol Ann Duffy's poem "Mrs Skinner, North Street" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/mrs-skinner-north-street
is hellbound in a handcart. Cat, you mark
her words."
Paddy Cunningham performs Carol Ann Duffy's poem "Mrs Skinner, North Street" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/mrs-skinner-north-street
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
"This place
is hellbound in a handcart. Cat, you mark
her words."
Paddy Cunningham performs Carol Ann Duffy's poem "Mrs Skinner, North Street" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/mrs-skinner-north-street
is hellbound in a handcart. Cat, you mark
her words."
Paddy Cunningham performs Carol Ann Duffy's poem "Mrs Skinner, North Street" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/mrs-skinner-north-street
"I wonder if I intended to be the punctum,
the little rip in the surface
where my eye might snag."
From "Salt Island" by Padraig Regan, published in Some Integrity (Carcanet Press).
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/salt-island
the little rip in the surface
where my eye might snag."
From "Salt Island" by Padraig Regan, published in Some Integrity (Carcanet Press).
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/salt-island
Padraig Regan - "Salt Island"
I wanted to make a gothic of it all:
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January 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM
"I wonder if I intended to be the punctum,
the little rip in the surface
where my eye might snag."
From "Salt Island" by Padraig Regan, published in Some Integrity (Carcanet Press).
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/salt-island
the little rip in the surface
where my eye might snag."
From "Salt Island" by Padraig Regan, published in Some Integrity (Carcanet Press).
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/salt-island
"This, I understand: the instinct to cling,
at any cost, to the place you are rooted
"
Marjorie Lotfi performs her poem "The Hebridean Crab Apple" in a 2025 film created with WritersMosaic.
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/the-hebridean-crab-apple
at any cost, to the place you are rooted
"
Marjorie Lotfi performs her poem "The Hebridean Crab Apple" in a 2025 film created with WritersMosaic.
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/the-hebridean-crab-apple
Marjorie Lotfi reads "The Hebridean Crab Apple"
This, I understand: the instinct to cling,
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January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
"This, I understand: the instinct to cling,
at any cost, to the place you are rooted
"
Marjorie Lotfi performs her poem "The Hebridean Crab Apple" in a 2025 film created with WritersMosaic.
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/the-hebridean-crab-apple
at any cost, to the place you are rooted
"
Marjorie Lotfi performs her poem "The Hebridean Crab Apple" in a 2025 film created with WritersMosaic.
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/the-hebridean-crab-apple
Reposted by Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
Reposted by Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
The last lines of this wreck me in the best of ways.
From Kim Addonizio's book, Tell Me: bit.ly/tellmeBK
#poetry #books #writing
From Kim Addonizio's book, Tell Me: bit.ly/tellmeBK
#poetry #books #writing
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The last lines of this wreck me in the best of ways.
From Kim Addonizio's book, Tell Me: bit.ly/tellmeBK
#poetry #books #writing
From Kim Addonizio's book, Tell Me: bit.ly/tellmeBK
#poetry #books #writing
"I am always hungry
& wanting to have
sex. This is a fact.
"
Alfie Lockwood performs Cuthwulf Eileen Myles' "Peanut Butter" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/peanut-butter
& wanting to have
sex. This is a fact.
"
Alfie Lockwood performs Cuthwulf Eileen Myles' "Peanut Butter" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/peanut-butter
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
"I am always hungry
& wanting to have
sex. This is a fact.
"
Alfie Lockwood performs Cuthwulf Eileen Myles' "Peanut Butter" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/peanut-butter
& wanting to have
sex. This is a fact.
"
Alfie Lockwood performs Cuthwulf Eileen Myles' "Peanut Butter" in a new poem film created with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/peanut-butter
In a strait, some things are useful.
Others, true, she turns to ash.
naviyuk, "Nunataq"
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Others, true, she turns to ash.
naviyuk, "Nunataq"
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Joan Naviyuk Kane - "Nunataq"
In a strait, some things are useful.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:02 PM
In a strait, some things are useful.
Others, true, she turns to ash.
naviyuk, "Nunataq"
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/nunataq
Others, true, she turns to ash.
naviyuk, "Nunataq"
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/nunataq
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or the deer all lowering their heads
Linda Gregg
Linda Gregg
January 21, 2026 at 3:17 AM
or the deer all lowering their heads
Linda Gregg
Linda Gregg
"Migration is an act inextricably bound to childhood
the wolf womb, the open portal, the time-wound,
the dark pines shining back eyes"
Happy birthday to El Norte Recuerda!
Watch Villarreal perform an excerpt of her poem "Architect 3" in this film created with Haymarket Books.
the wolf womb, the open portal, the time-wound,
the dark pines shining back eyes"
Happy birthday to El Norte Recuerda!
Watch Villarreal perform an excerpt of her poem "Architect 3" in this film created with Haymarket Books.
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
"Migration is an act inextricably bound to childhood
the wolf womb, the open portal, the time-wound,
the dark pines shining back eyes"
Happy birthday to El Norte Recuerda!
Watch Villarreal perform an excerpt of her poem "Architect 3" in this film created with Haymarket Books.
the wolf womb, the open portal, the time-wound,
the dark pines shining back eyes"
Happy birthday to El Norte Recuerda!
Watch Villarreal perform an excerpt of her poem "Architect 3" in this film created with Haymarket Books.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I knew that "to turn, the worm had begun,"
As we marched down Fifth Avenue unafraid
And calm, in our first Silent Protest Parade!
Carrie Williams Clifford, "Silent Protest Parade"
As we marched down Fifth Avenue unafraid
And calm, in our first Silent Protest Parade!
Carrie Williams Clifford, "Silent Protest Parade"
Carrie Williams Clifford - "Silent Protest Parade"
Were you there? Did you see? Gods! wasn't it fine!
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January 19, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I knew that "to turn, the worm had begun,"
As we marched down Fifth Avenue unafraid
And calm, in our first Silent Protest Parade!
Carrie Williams Clifford, "Silent Protest Parade"
As we marched down Fifth Avenue unafraid
And calm, in our first Silent Protest Parade!
Carrie Williams Clifford, "Silent Protest Parade"
When the phone rings, I put it to my ear
without saying hello. In the restaurant
I point at chicken noodle soup.
I am adjusting well to the new way.
Leo Patrick reads Jeffrey McDaniel's poem "The Quiet World" in this week's new poem film, produced with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
without saying hello. In the restaurant
I point at chicken noodle soup.
I am adjusting well to the new way.
Leo Patrick reads Jeffrey McDaniel's poem "The Quiet World" in this week's new poem film, produced with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
When the phone rings, I put it to my ear
without saying hello. In the restaurant
I point at chicken noodle soup.
I am adjusting well to the new way.
Leo Patrick reads Jeffrey McDaniel's poem "The Quiet World" in this week's new poem film, produced with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
without saying hello. In the restaurant
I point at chicken noodle soup.
I am adjusting well to the new way.
Leo Patrick reads Jeffrey McDaniel's poem "The Quiet World" in this week's new poem film, produced with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
"When you hold
a slice
of fresh cut
red melon
to my lips
I drink
as much
as I eat
"
Happy birthday to Patrick Rosal!
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/gift
a slice
of fresh cut
red melon
to my lips
I drink
as much
as I eat
"
Happy birthday to Patrick Rosal!
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/gift
Patrick Rosal reads "Gift"
When you hold a slice of fresh cut red melon
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January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
"When you hold
a slice
of fresh cut
red melon
to my lips
I drink
as much
as I eat
"
Happy birthday to Patrick Rosal!
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/gift
a slice
of fresh cut
red melon
to my lips
I drink
as much
as I eat
"
Happy birthday to Patrick Rosal!
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/gift