D. A. Powell
@dapowell.bsky.social
Poet. Shelley Memorial Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, Guggenheim Fellow, NEA Fellow. Books available through @graywolfpress.bsky.social.
Poetry, Sex, Music, Food, Politics. 🏳️🌈
http://poets.org/poet/d-powell
Poetry, Sex, Music, Food, Politics. 🏳️🌈
http://poets.org/poet/d-powell
"Cowboy Don't" by Aaron Shurin
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
"Cowboy Don't" by Aaron Shurin
Me and Dodie Bellamy went to hear the inimitable Mary Stallings in North Beach on Saturday.
January 26, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Me and Dodie Bellamy went to hear the inimitable Mary Stallings in North Beach on Saturday.
Nature offering way too literal metaphors
January 23, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Nature offering way too literal metaphors
Speaking of taping things up, here is the text of the note which playwright Lillian Hellman kept on the door of her work room to keep guests from interrupting her writing time.
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Speaking of taping things up, here is the text of the note which playwright Lillian Hellman kept on the door of her work room to keep guests from interrupting her writing time.
"until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream."
Martin Luther King Jr. Washington, D.C., 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. Washington, D.C., 1963
January 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream."
Martin Luther King Jr. Washington, D.C., 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. Washington, D.C., 1963
It is once again disco ball season in San Francisco
January 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
It is once again disco ball season in San Francisco
Saw this beauty three blocks from home, remembered an Issa poem:
just a single branch
can remake a city's sky
plum blossoms
--Kobayashi Issa (1802)
just a single branch
can remake a city's sky
plum blossoms
--Kobayashi Issa (1802)
January 18, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Saw this beauty three blocks from home, remembered an Issa poem:
just a single branch
can remake a city's sky
plum blossoms
--Kobayashi Issa (1802)
just a single branch
can remake a city's sky
plum blossoms
--Kobayashi Issa (1802)
If we write a new Constitution, first article should guarantee free hot breakfast for all. Then we'll hash out the rest.
January 16, 2026 at 10:12 PM
If we write a new Constitution, first article should guarantee free hot breakfast for all. Then we'll hash out the rest.
Early cherry blossoms
January 14, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Early cherry blossoms
West Coast literary magazine Alta gathered some writers to go to a basketball game. Here was the poets corner: Rachel Richardson, David Roderick, Brenda Hillman, me and Robert Hass. We brought the noise and watched the Warriors achieve victory.
January 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
West Coast literary magazine Alta gathered some writers to go to a basketball game. Here was the poets corner: Rachel Richardson, David Roderick, Brenda Hillman, me and Robert Hass. We brought the noise and watched the Warriors achieve victory.
The shape of this bare cherry tree
January 5, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The shape of this bare cherry tree
I have a bad habit of forgetting to sell my poetry collections.
My newest chapbook, Tricks, is available here and comes with a trigger warning: it is highly gay and should not be read by anyone who may not be prone to frequent arousal.
www.cutbankonline.org
My newest chapbook, Tricks, is available here and comes with a trigger warning: it is highly gay and should not be read by anyone who may not be prone to frequent arousal.
www.cutbankonline.org
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I have a bad habit of forgetting to sell my poetry collections.
My newest chapbook, Tricks, is available here and comes with a trigger warning: it is highly gay and should not be read by anyone who may not be prone to frequent arousal.
www.cutbankonline.org
My newest chapbook, Tricks, is available here and comes with a trigger warning: it is highly gay and should not be read by anyone who may not be prone to frequent arousal.
www.cutbankonline.org
Okay now we can move forward
January 2, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Okay now we can move forward
My fortune says to "read good books and eat good food." This feels like good advice.
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
My fortune says to "read good books and eat good food." This feels like good advice.
I have photos of one taking up three spots on Cole Street that are supposed to be for perpendicular parking.
December 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I have photos of one taking up three spots on Cole Street that are supposed to be for perpendicular parking.
The great Marcus Shelby paying tribute to Mingus.
December 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The great Marcus Shelby paying tribute to Mingus.
Somebody foraged a bunch of mushrooms and left them all by the bike racks in the Panhandle, just a few blocks from Haight & Ashbury. I am no mycologist, so I won't hazard a guess as to the type or potency of shrooms. But they are definitely not morels nor chanterelles.
December 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Somebody foraged a bunch of mushrooms and left them all by the bike racks in the Panhandle, just a few blocks from Haight & Ashbury. I am no mycologist, so I won't hazard a guess as to the type or potency of shrooms. But they are definitely not morels nor chanterelles.
There's an enchanting movie where Jimmy Stewart plays a poet who lives on a boat in Sausalito and whose youngest son is obsessed with Brigitte Bardot. The title is Dear Brigitte.
December 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
There's an enchanting movie where Jimmy Stewart plays a poet who lives on a boat in Sausalito and whose youngest son is obsessed with Brigitte Bardot. The title is Dear Brigitte.
Today is @rachzuck.bsky.social birthday which is my favorite holiday between Boxing Day and New Years 🎉 🎂 🎂 🎂 ❤️❤️❤️😃
December 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Today is @rachzuck.bsky.social birthday which is my favorite holiday between Boxing Day and New Years 🎉 🎂 🎂 🎂 ❤️❤️❤️😃
Went to see Song Sung Blue last night. Amazing. I was not prepared for how wonderful this brilliant little film is. Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson deserve Oscar nominations as a couple who are gifted performers and whose social world is filled with celebrity impersonators. What a ride!
December 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Went to see Song Sung Blue last night. Amazing. I was not prepared for how wonderful this brilliant little film is. Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson deserve Oscar nominations as a couple who are gifted performers and whose social world is filled with celebrity impersonators. What a ride!
A storm transformed the ginkgo's leaves into a sea of gold
December 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A storm transformed the ginkgo's leaves into a sea of gold
What an incredible surprise! This chapbook is officially out next month but apparently it's available already at www.cutbankonline.org/2026-chapbooks
Thanks to the fabulous editors at CutBank books for being so stellar at every point along the way.
Thanks to the fabulous editors at CutBank books for being so stellar at every point along the way.
December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
What an incredible surprise! This chapbook is officially out next month but apparently it's available already at www.cutbankonline.org/2026-chapbooks
Thanks to the fabulous editors at CutBank books for being so stellar at every point along the way.
Thanks to the fabulous editors at CutBank books for being so stellar at every point along the way.