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Sandy McIntosh
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Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs.

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“All this saluting, it's really a joke,” my friend Ovideo Fernando Gustavo Midence Peverel whispered to me.

Excerpt from Oviedo, Escape From the Fat Farm

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There's a strong interplay between prose and poetry, with many works seamlessly merging their unique qualities and defying easy categorization.

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December 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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The Best Poetry Books of 2025
Santa Barbara Poet Laureate David Starkey (2009-2011) shares his favorite poetry books of 2025.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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The best poetry books of 2025
From Seamus Heaney’s collected poems and Simon Armitage’s animal spirits, to prizewinners Karen Solie and Vidyan Ravinthiran
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December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Poetry allows you to step into the mind of the poet or the subject of the poem.

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December 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Five Great Quotations about a Writing Life
“Writing is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living.” – Catherine Drinker Bowen“There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer’s time, nothing harder to keep track …
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December 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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The "what if?" line of questioning allows poets to create metaphors and personification, transforming ordinary subjects into something extraordinary and emotionally resonant.

By asking "what if?", they invite readers to look at the familiar with fresh eyes.

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December 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Risk is the key to becoming a poet, Mary Mackey and Susan Terris

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December 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Poetry News → Chicago

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The 13 best literary and poetry readings in Chicago
Discover the readings that define the city's storytelling culture—from basement shows to marquee bookshop events.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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What's Happened To Poetry?
Curiosity Wanting Clarification
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December 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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“All this saluting, it's really a joke,” my friend Ovideo Fernando Gustavo Midence Peverel whispered to me.

Excerpt from Oviedo, Escape From the Fat Farm

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#EscapeFromTheFatFarm
December 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Revisiting a revolution through poetry
MIT philosopher Brad Skow's “American Independence in Verse” is a collection of 47 poems that trace America's journey to independence from multiple perspectives.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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“Wonderstudies”: A new poetry collection by David Bailey - Point Reyes Light
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December 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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The "listening ear" of poetry with Anne Caston

Anne Caston speaks with poet and creative writing professor Michael Collier

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December 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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December 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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“His confusion begins with his bemused revelation that he has (maybe) two mothers, and continues through various other doublings.”

-Laurel Blossom, American Book Review

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December 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Poetry inspires creativity and encourages us to think outside the box.

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December 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Two Bookstores and Two Capote Intrusions

“When I was eleven, I was yanked out of my progressive grammar school and sent into exile up the Hudson River to a military school.”

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December 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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“Whether to call them prose-poems with a strong plot or short stories is unimportant: McIntosh is a consummate story-teller with a gift for the rhythms of poetry and prose and le mot juste."

–Tom Fink

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December 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Poet still bringing the art to Twin Ports airwaves
William Tecku says "the best way to the heart is through the ear."
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December 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Thoughts on Waley’s Genji | Literary Translation
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December 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Mon., December 22nd 6:00 - 7:30 PM ET

JON CURLEY, BURT KIMMELMAN, Elena Alexander, & Cheryl Pallant: Poetry Reading to Exorcise the Year and Greet the Ending of It. 11th Street Bar, 510 East 11th Street, New York, New York 10009.

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11th St. Bar - East Village, New York, NY
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December 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Attending a poetry reading offers a variety of benefits for the listener, ranging from deeper appreciation of the art form to personal and communal well-being.

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December 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Editor’s Note
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Campus Closeup: U.P. Poet Laureate Jesse Koenig
Jesse Koenig commutes daily from his home in L'Anse to Northern, his alma mater, where he serves as a senior success adviser for multiple academic departments. Given his time on the road for his profe...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Sat. December 13th. 5:00 PM ET

SUE LANDERS and Michael Gottlieb read from their work.

Segue Reading Series at Artists Space, 11 Cortlandt Alley, New York City.

Live-streamed.

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SEGUE READING SERIES — Segue Foundation
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December 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM