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Smartish Pace
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Poetry magazine that publishes poems & translations, & hosts The HOT L Poets Series; est. 1998 by editor Stephen Reichert. Baltimore, MD. Smartishpace.com
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Today at 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series presents Rebecca Aronson & @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social at Bird in Hand & the reading includes the best open mic in town! You'll have time to watch the sports ball game.

#poetry #smartishpace #poetrycommunity #poets #poems

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February 8, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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See Rebecca Aronson read on Sunday (2/8/26) at 4pm with @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social at Bird in Hand (Bmore) & includes an open mic. You'll have plenty of time to watch the sports bowl later.

#SmartishPace #HOTL #Poetry #Poet

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Rebecca Aronson featured poet: with conversation
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February 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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See Wayne Miller read on Sunday (2/8/26) at 4pm with Rebecca Aronson at Bird in Hand (Baltimore)! Reading includes an open mic. You'll have plenty of time to watch the sports bowl later. Here is Wayne reading his poem in Smartish Pace.

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Wayne Miller reading at AWP
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February 7, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Amy Lerman reading for Smartish Pace at the @awpwriter.org. Say hi to Smartish Pace this year in Bmore at booth 844. Also come to our events on Wed, Fri & Sat nights!

#poetry #SmartishPace #Poets #poems #reading #poet #stephenreichertart #creativewriting #AWP #AWP26

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Amy Lerman reading at AWP
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February 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Rebecca Morgan Frank reading at AWP for Smartish Pace. Join us this year in our hometown of Baltimore, we'll be at booth 844 and we look forward to meeting you! We also have amazing off-site readings on Wednesday & Friday nights.

#AWP #AWP26 #SmartishPace #Poetry

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Rebecca Morgan Frank reading at AWP
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February 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Jeffrey Harrison poetry reading celebrating The Best American Poetry 2025. The HOT L Poets Series is presented by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings are on the 2nd Sunday of the month in Bmore.

#SmartishPace #HOTL #Poetry #POEMS @fourwaybooks.bsky.social

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Jeffrey Harrison Poetry Reading
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February 3, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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Bernard Welt [@bernardwelt.bsky.social] poetry reading celebrating The Best American Poetry 2025. The HOT L Poets Series is presented by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings are on the 2nd Sunday of the month in Baltimore.

#SmartishPace #HOTL #Poetry #POEMS

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Bernard Welt Poetry Reading
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February 1, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Bruce Snider poetry reading celebrating The Best American Poetry 2025. The HOT L Poets Series is presented by
@smartishpace.bsky.social & Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings on the 2nd Sunday of the month in Baltimore. #SmartishPace #HOTL #Poetry #POEMS #BruceSnider

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Bruce Snider Poetry Reading
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January 31, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Nicholas Montemarano poetry reading celebrating The Best American Poetry 2025. The HOT L Poets Series is presented by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings on the 2nd Sunday of the month in Baltimore.

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Nicholas Montemarano Poetry Reading
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January 30, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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Greg McBride poetry reading celebrating The Best American Poetry 2025. The HOT L Poets Series is presented by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings are on the 2nd Sunday of the month in BAL.

#SmartishPace #HOTL #Poetry #poems

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Greg McBride Poetry Reading
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January 29, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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Chris Mason poetry reading celebrating The Best American Poetry 2025. The HOT L Poets Series is presented by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings are held on the 2nd Sunday of the month in BAL.

#SmartishPace #HOTL #TheHOTL #HOTL #Poetry #poems #creativewriting

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Chris Mason Poetry Reading
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January 28, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Henry Israeli poetry reading celebrating The Best American Poetry 2025. The HOT L Poets Series is the work of Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings are every 2nd Sunday of the month in BAL.

@saturnaliabooks.bsky.social @hisraeli.bsky.social #SmartishPace #HOTL

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Henry Israeli Poetry Reading
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January 27, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Hailey Leithauser poetry reading celebrating The Best American Poetry 2025. The HOT L Poets Series is presented by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings are held on the 2nd Sunday of the month in Baltimore.

#SmartishPace #HOTLPoetsSeries #poet #HOTL #poems

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Hailey Leithauser Poetry Reading
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January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Patricia Davis-Muffett poetry reading in the HOT L Poets Series, a celebration of The Best American Poetry anthology! @triciadm.bsky.social is the author of Alchemy of Yeast and Tears (Kelsay, 2023).

#poetry #poet #SmartishPace #creativewriting #HOTL #HOTLPoetsSeries

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Patricia Davis-Muffett Poetry Reading
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January 21, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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Donald Berger reading in The HOT L Poets Series, which was a celebration of The Best American Poetry, 2025 anthology. Donald Berger is the author of six books of poetry including The Rose of Maine (SurVision).

#SmartishPace #Poetry #HOTLPoetsSeries #Poet #DonaldBerger

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Donald Berger Poetry Reading
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January 21, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Terence Winch poetry reading, January 11, 2026; introduction by Stephen Reichert. The reading celebrated The Best American Poetry 2025 anthology. The HOT L Poets Series is presented by Smartish Pace. Readings are held on the 2nd Sunday of the month in Baltimore.

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Terence Winch Poetry Reading
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January 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Sunday 1/11, a celebration of the latest (and final) edition of THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY 2025 with featured poets and guest editor Terence Winch! 4pm at Bird in Hand. You don’t want to miss this one!
January 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Thank you @mariannelchan.bsky.social, Leslie Harrison, @michaelmontlack.bsky.social, @christophernelson.bsky.social, Gregory Orr, and Amy Raasch for sending great poems to Smartish Pace!

#SmartishPace #pushcart #poetry #creativewriting #poet #poetrycommunity #poets #SmartishPacePoets #poetrylovers
December 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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💥 Sunday Dec. 14th 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues at Bird in Hand with @iamragesparkle.bsky.social & @burgi.bsky.social & includes the best open mic in town so bring a poem to read!

#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #creativewriting #openmic #SmartishPace #poets #poet #poems #books
December 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Rick Hilles reading in The HOT L Poets Series on Nov. 9, 2025. Join us tomorrow December 14th (4pm) with poets
@iamragesparkle.bsky.social & @burgi.bsky.social at Bird in Hand (Bmore)! #poetry #smartishpace #poetrycommunity #poet #creativewriting

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Rick Hilles Poetry Reading
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December 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Samyak Shertok reading in The HOT L Poets Series on Nov. 9, 2025. Join us tomorrow December 14th (4pm) with poets
@iamragesparkle.bsky.social & @burgi.bsky.social
at Bird in Hand (Bmore)! #poetry #smartishpace #poetrycommunity #poet #creativewriting

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Samyak Shertok Poetry Reading
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December 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Here are the winners of the 24th annual Erskine J. Poetry Prize! Thank you and congratulations to Michael Montlack, Josette Akresh-Gonzales, Aris Keshav, Rebecca Boyle, Julie Hanson, Michele Lent Hirsch, Matt Hohner, Zebulon Huset, Ibe Liebenberg, Marc Nasdor, and Burnside Soleil.
December 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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We are pleased to annouce the winners and finalists of our 21st annual Beullah Rose Poetry Prize! All poems appear in Smartish Pace. Cheers!

Judges: Clare Banks & Traci O'Dea
December 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Erin Barach, Donald Berger, Sophia, and Camilo Montoya reading in The HOT L Poets Series on Nov. 9, 2025. Join us for our next reading on December 14th with poets Michael B. Tager and Burgi Zenhaeusern ( @burgi.bsky.social )at Bird in Hand (Baltimore)!

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Erin Barach, Donald Berger, Sophia, and Camilo Montoya reading in The HOT L Poets Series
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November 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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My debut collection WHITE DOOR is out!!! 💃✨💃
Thank you Carbonation Press & @gregbem.bsky.social!
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three copies of white door on patterned upholstery fabric. cover image shows detail of Alternative Reality by Alan Sirulnikoff, photographer: logs floating on dark water and a white door among them. front and backside of bookmark on same surface. Front shows detail of book cover, centering the door among logs. title isn't shown. Backside has a poem from the book printed on it plus attributions: Horizons Traditions I keep take hold in this soil slowly— home grows fainter still until distant slopes briefly make me forget where I am, re-etch longing. yours truly (white woman, shoulder-length dark-blondish hair, glasses, dark green sweater, scarf with green and gray leafmotif) smiling into camera holding the book in front of her, white bookshelves along white walls in the background.
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM