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Poet. My chapbook "The Unfolding" will be published in 2026 by Finishing Line Press. Manuscript screener for Alice James Books.
Two days in a row! Another poem published today in The Orchards Poetry Journal, Winter 2025, with thanks to Editor Karen Kelsey, Jenna, and Carol Lynn of Kelsay Books.
Nancy Sobanik
"Pulling Taffy" page 127
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Nancy Sobanik
"Pulling Taffy" page 127
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The Orchards Poetry Journal
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December 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Two days in a row! Another poem published today in The Orchards Poetry Journal, Winter 2025, with thanks to Editor Karen Kelsey, Jenna, and Carol Lynn of Kelsay Books.
Nancy Sobanik
"Pulling Taffy" page 127
orchardspoetry.com
Nancy Sobanik
"Pulling Taffy" page 127
orchardspoetry.com
Rilke and Pantheism?
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Rilke and Pantheism?
Or How Poetic Explorations Can Help Us Make Sense of Difficult Times
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December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Rilke and Pantheism?
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Today's poem-
Note the gorgeous use of rhyme/near rhyme and the sonic effect it has in the reading of this wonderful poem. Congratulations Kari Gunter-Seymour!
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Note the gorgeous use of rhyme/near rhyme and the sonic effect it has in the reading of this wonderful poem. Congratulations Kari Gunter-Seymour!
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Looking to the Sky to Save Me by Kari Gunter-Seymour – Cider Press Review
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December 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today's poem-
Note the gorgeous use of rhyme/near rhyme and the sonic effect it has in the reading of this wonderful poem. Congratulations Kari Gunter-Seymour!
ciderpressreview.com/.../.
Note the gorgeous use of rhyme/near rhyme and the sonic effect it has in the reading of this wonderful poem. Congratulations Kari Gunter-Seymour!
ciderpressreview.com/.../.
Poems of Gratitude, Home, and Enduring
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Poems of Gratitude, Home, and Enduring
Dear Friends,
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November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Poems of Gratitude, Home, and Enduring
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November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Today's poem-
What goes unsaid in this poem? Is it an indictment? A relating of regret, or a defense? It is uncanny how relevant to today Rich's poems remain.
What goes unsaid in this poem? Is it an indictment? A relating of regret, or a defense? It is uncanny how relevant to today Rich's poems remain.
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Today's poem-
What goes unsaid in this poem? Is it an indictment? A relating of regret, or a defense? It is uncanny how relevant to today Rich's poems remain.
What goes unsaid in this poem? Is it an indictment? A relating of regret, or a defense? It is uncanny how relevant to today Rich's poems remain.
Friends, follow the link to find links to sites that curate poetry readings. While you are there, please consider subscribing to my substack for more helpful petry content. Happy listening!
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Where to Listen to Great Poetry
Get Ready for Some Great Listening online!
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November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Friends, follow the link to find links to sites that curate poetry readings. While you are there, please consider subscribing to my substack for more helpful petry content. Happy listening!
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Today's poem- "borrowed" inspiration posted by Suzanne Cleary (thank you!)
Ode to the Heart
by Ellen Bass
Ode to the Heart
by Ellen Bass
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Today's poem- "borrowed" inspiration posted by Suzanne Cleary (thank you!)
Ode to the Heart
by Ellen Bass
Ode to the Heart
by Ellen Bass
Welcome, weekend and poetry warriors!
Today's poem post is instead this reading I just watched with Yusef Komunyakka, who somehow I just recently learned about!
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I suggest skipping the opening remarks with barking dog...the reading starts at 1:26 into the video
Today's poem post is instead this reading I just watched with Yusef Komunyakka, who somehow I just recently learned about!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=acSD...
I suggest skipping the opening remarks with barking dog...the reading starts at 1:26 into the video
Blacksmith House Poetry Series 4/12 Yusef Komunyakaa
YouTube video by Cambridge Center for Adult Education
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November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Welcome, weekend and poetry warriors!
Today's poem post is instead this reading I just watched with Yusef Komunyakka, who somehow I just recently learned about!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=acSD...
I suggest skipping the opening remarks with barking dog...the reading starts at 1:26 into the video
Today's poem post is instead this reading I just watched with Yusef Komunyakka, who somehow I just recently learned about!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=acSD...
I suggest skipping the opening remarks with barking dog...the reading starts at 1:26 into the video
Today's poem-
I read this great poem in Gyroscope Review, Winter 2025 Issue
I read this great poem in Gyroscope Review, Winter 2025 Issue
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Today's poem-
I read this great poem in Gyroscope Review, Winter 2025 Issue
I read this great poem in Gyroscope Review, Winter 2025 Issue
Today's poem-
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Today's poem-
The Men
By Jo-Ann Mort
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November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Reposted
Amira Cheung Simhani, a Top 15 winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025, reads winning poem 'Why the sky never closed behind her'.
Read this year's winning poems and find out more about the Award: bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets
Read this year's winning poems and find out more about the Award: bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Amira Cheung Simhani, a Top 15 winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025, reads winning poem 'Why the sky never closed behind her'.
Read this year's winning poems and find out more about the Award: bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets
Read this year's winning poems and find out more about the Award: bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets
We studied Terrance Hayes' fantastic "Lighthead's Guide to the Galaxy" in workshop this week- this reading and commentary by Tiana Clark is worth the watch youtu.be/FQrw9USXTKo?...
Tiana Clark reads and discusses "Lighthead's Guide to the Galaxy" by Terrance Hayes
YouTube video by The Poem I Wish I Had Read
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November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We studied Terrance Hayes' fantastic "Lighthead's Guide to the Galaxy" in workshop this week- this reading and commentary by Tiana Clark is worth the watch youtu.be/FQrw9USXTKo?...
Kanye West Is Not Picasso by Leonard Cohen
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Kanye West Is Not Picasso by Leonard Cohen
I am the Kanye West Kanye West thinks he is
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October 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Kanye West Is Not Picasso by Leonard Cohen
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Today's Poems-
My thanks to Anna DiMartino, Editor Jackdaw Press and
Jackdaw Review for publishing two of my poems (see pg.14-15) in this stunning flipbook, Issue 3- online.fliphtml5.com/nnzao/ioyf/#...
Be sure to check out www.jackdawpress.com.
My thanks to Anna DiMartino, Editor Jackdaw Press and
Jackdaw Review for publishing two of my poems (see pg.14-15) in this stunning flipbook, Issue 3- online.fliphtml5.com/nnzao/ioyf/#...
Be sure to check out www.jackdawpress.com.
Cover Page Jackdaw Review Issue 3
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October 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today's Poems-
My thanks to Anna DiMartino, Editor Jackdaw Press and
Jackdaw Review for publishing two of my poems (see pg.14-15) in this stunning flipbook, Issue 3- online.fliphtml5.com/nnzao/ioyf/#...
Be sure to check out www.jackdawpress.com.
My thanks to Anna DiMartino, Editor Jackdaw Press and
Jackdaw Review for publishing two of my poems (see pg.14-15) in this stunning flipbook, Issue 3- online.fliphtml5.com/nnzao/ioyf/#...
Be sure to check out www.jackdawpress.com.
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POEM #276: "Keepsakes" by Lana Hechtman Ayers (@lanaayers23.bsky.social)
"what the heart holds it holds
despite rebuttals from blurred photos
home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws
& there are chrysanthemums
growing in the past
that move like a storm blowing in"
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"what the heart holds it holds
despite rebuttals from blurred photos
home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws
& there are chrysanthemums
growing in the past
that move like a storm blowing in"
stonecirclereview.com/keepsakes
October 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
POEM #276: "Keepsakes" by Lana Hechtman Ayers (@lanaayers23.bsky.social)
"what the heart holds it holds
despite rebuttals from blurred photos
home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws
& there are chrysanthemums
growing in the past
that move like a storm blowing in"
stonecirclereview.com/keepsakes
"what the heart holds it holds
despite rebuttals from blurred photos
home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws
& there are chrysanthemums
growing in the past
that move like a storm blowing in"
stonecirclereview.com/keepsakes
Today's poem-
Jane Hirshfield
Autumn
Again the wind
flakes gold-leaf from the trees
and the painting darkens—
as if a thousand penitents
kissed an icon
till it thinned
back to bare wood,
without diminishment.
Jane Hirshfield
Autumn
Again the wind
flakes gold-leaf from the trees
and the painting darkens—
as if a thousand penitents
kissed an icon
till it thinned
back to bare wood,
without diminishment.
October 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today's poem-
Jane Hirshfield
Autumn
Again the wind
flakes gold-leaf from the trees
and the painting darkens—
as if a thousand penitents
kissed an icon
till it thinned
back to bare wood,
without diminishment.
Jane Hirshfield
Autumn
Again the wind
flakes gold-leaf from the trees
and the painting darkens—
as if a thousand penitents
kissed an icon
till it thinned
back to bare wood,
without diminishment.
Today's poem-
This Griffin Poetry Prize poem is longlisted and quite devastating
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This Griffin Poetry Prize poem is longlisted and quite devastating
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October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today's poem-
This Griffin Poetry Prize poem is longlisted and quite devastating
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This Griffin Poetry Prize poem is longlisted and quite devastating
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Today's poem- taken from the Carcanet Press page, posted today as part of an anthology. Poet David Morley
I really love this!
I really love this!
October 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Today's poem- taken from the Carcanet Press page, posted today as part of an anthology. Poet David Morley
I really love this!
I really love this!
I happily stumbled upon this site, which archives poets reading their poems. Enjoy listening to David Morley~
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David Morley - Poetry Archive
David Morley is an ecologist, poet, editor and teacher. Emerging with Releasing Stone (Arc, 1989), he has since published five collections with Carcanet, the most recent, The Invisible Gift: Selected ...
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October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I happily stumbled upon this site, which archives poets reading their poems. Enjoy listening to David Morley~
poetryarchive.org/poet/david-m...
poetryarchive.org/poet/david-m...
The ever prescient Ursula LeGuin, 2014
October 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The ever prescient Ursula LeGuin, 2014
Today's poem- this poem by Peter Gizzi floored me. Here is Gizzi reading the poem:
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This World Is Not Conclusion
Peter Gizzi
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This World Is Not Conclusion
Peter Gizzi
This World Is Not Conclusion
YouTube video by Release - Topic
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September 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Today's poem- this poem by Peter Gizzi floored me. Here is Gizzi reading the poem:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Lw...
This World Is Not Conclusion
Peter Gizzi
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Lw...
This World Is Not Conclusion
Peter Gizzi