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Digital Anthology of Homage to the Poets. We proudly publish from Paris, France. Now accepting submissions for Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume V. www.verseofapril.com

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Apr 26

Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume V is live, with sterling-elizabeth arcadia, Lillian Davies, Barbara E. Hunt, @stainedglasspoet.bsky.social, nat raum, @jstoneking.bsky.social, @minxmarple.bsky.social, Nikki Ummel, & Aras Zeug.

Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume V Trailer

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · 5d

"The beauty of friendship (and the similarly-weighted tragedy of its dissolution) as a young adult is something I am intimately familiar with, and [Patterson's] poem captured it so beautifully," writes nat raum. Read (and listen) to their full entry on our site: www.verseofapril.com/nat-raum

Excerpt from nat raum's homage poem to Bleah Patterson

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HAD @havehashad.com · Sep 3

you gotta read—& gotta SEE—AMAZING new nat raum today!

I.i am
A. writing
1. an ars poetica
i. in which i bury you,
ii. in which i close the widest point of the wound myself,
2. a farewell.

https://www.havehashad.com/t727h

poem in which you become the “you” by nat raum

i am writing an ars poetica in which i bury you, in which i close the widest point of the wound myself, a farewell. still crying in my car sometimes. for your specter.

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Carrie Chappell @chapp010.bsky.social · 8d

PARIS: Next Tuesday, with Virginie Poitrasson and Michelle Noteboom; Laura Mullen and Stéphanie Chaillou; Sandra Mousssempès, Amanda Murphy, and myself. Hosted by Ivy Writers and The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore. Would be nice to see you there.

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Jason Stoneking @jstoneking.bsky.social · 9d

This is the first in my new series, Text Embodiments, in which dancers and other movement artists interpret my words with motion. It was a privilege to collaborate with Sylvaine Soldano of liebemdance.com 💝
Thank you Leslie McAllister for 🎥+✂

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Text Embodiments #1 - Sylvaine Soldano

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Paris Heretics @parisheretics.bsky.social · 11d

Listen to @chapp010.bsky.social's powerful tribute to Hélène Bessette, written at Bessette's graveside:

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Au tombeau d’Hélène Bessette

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Aug 7

The last Mnemosynes reading of the 2024-2025 year with gorgeous poems from Rhoni Blankenhorn and Lindsay Turner. Thank you, dear poets, for the pleasure and real questioning of your verse. It has been an honor to share these moments with you all this season. See you soon in September. GROSSES BISES.

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Jul 6

You can find more about her window and text translation of Giraudon, including audio recordings of the original and the found poem as read by Alison, in her full entry: www.verseofapril.com/alisongrace-...

Alison Grace Koehler — Verse of April: Digital Anthology of Homage to the Poets

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Jul 6

Of her homage to Liliane Giraudon, @stainedglasspoet.bsky.social writes, "These are the fragments I first envisioned painting onto glass. I eventually decided to reduce the amount of text inside the window itself, but the original selection has since coalesced into a found poem."

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Jun 29

Hand fans, orange wine, backless chairs, legs, « portes béantes », car-gripping hands of curious children, peal of motor scooter, bus, rumble of Pride, Wet Hot European Summer, « negative capability » of the floor, as our guest named it, & speaking of her, Catherine Barnett. 🩵

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Jun 27

We are expecting a good turn-out for this event, so please try to arrive on time to secure a place. It might also be a good idea to bring a hand fan! Chilled wine will be for sale by the glass at the store.

Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Jun 23

Parisians, this Saturday, June 28th, from 14-16h, we'll be hosting American poet Catherine Barnett at Mnemosynes: A Paris Poetry Series. Join us at Rerenga Wines in the 10th for natural wine, books, poems, and intimate exchange!

Mnemosynes hosts American poet Catherine Barnett on June 28th from 14-16h at Rerenga Wines in Paris' 10th arrondissement.

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · Jun 22

NEW POEM #244: "Practice Run" by Todd Dillard (@toddedillard.bsky.social)

"'The Rapture! Someone's been yanked to heaven!'
The girls argued. How could it be the Rapture

if they were still here? How could someone
with a mustard-stained t-shirt go before them?"

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sterling-elizabeth arcadia @selizabeth.bsky.social · Jun 23

Today my poem “transmasc marvel girl (sonnet)” is poem of the week at The Missouri Review!!!
missourireview.com/arcadia/

sterling-elizabeth, a fat white trans woman with a mustache and a very short haircut and glasses, smiles at the camera. she’s wearing a grey patterned jacket, has glasses and lots of facial piercings

Author’s Note

This sonnet is perhaps the unlikeliest of poems for me. When I walked in to see Deadpool & Wolverine, I told my friend there was no way I would be able to make a poem out of it. In reflection, though, I realized that at every step of my transition, Marvel movies have been an exception to the gendered rules I gave myself about which films I could watch. My understanding of them has still changed alongside my understanding of myself, and that made the Deadpool movies ripe material with which to trace my own journey in an earlier draft of this poem. In revision, I shifted away from touching the Deadpool movies so explicitly and leaned into my own emotional landscape in my relationship with film; the sonnet seemed an appropriate form to strain against in a poem about breaking my own rigid, gendered ideas about something I love.

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Jun 19

An excerpt from Barbara E. Hunt’s homage to poet-musician Joni Mitchell. Hunt contributed three homage poems, all to Canadian influences, to Volume V of Hymn for the Living Poet. www.verseofapril.com/barbara-e-hunt

Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Jun 10

Lillian Davies writes after Maira Kalman in Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume V. Her full entry: www.verseofapril.com/lillian-davies

Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Jun 3

We have such abiding love for you. 🩵

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sterling-elizabeth arcadia @selizabeth.bsky.social · Jun 3

i have deep and abiding love for @verseofapril.bsky.social and @jamesolearypoet.bsky.social, and the work they both create

Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Jun 3

An excerpt from one of @selizabeth.bsky.social’s homage poems in this year’s Hymn for the Living Poet, Vol. V. Their full entry: www.verseofapril.com/sterlingelizabeth-arcadia-v

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Jun 3

An excerpt from one of @selizabeth.bsky.social’s homage poems in this year’s Hymn for the Living Poet, Vol. V. Their full entry: www.verseofapril.com/sterlingelizabeth-arcadia-v

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · May 16

Very proud to share this work, Jason. Thank you for making beautiful things in this world!

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Jason Stoneking @jstoneking.bsky.social · May 13

My "Portrait of Richard Dailey" which was recently included in Verse of April's Hymn for the Living Poet series, is up on their YouTube channel! Thanks again to @verseofapril.bsky.social and to @richardinlelot.bsky.social 🙏

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Portrait of Richard Dailey by Jason Stoneking

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Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social · May 8

“The unique thing about writers is that they write.” ~ Margaret Atwood

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · May 2

!!!!!!! 🫶🏻

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La Doleur Exquisabella @minxmarple.bsky.social · May 1

Say hello to my piece on reading Ryan Ruby's Context Collapse. 👇

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Isabella Streffen — Verse of April: Digital Anthology of Homage to the Poets

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · Apr 27

Thank you for sharing your beautiful homage with us, Jason! A joy to publish it.

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Jason Stoneking @jstoneking.bsky.social · Apr 26

I'm very proud to have my handwritten portrait of @richardinlelot.bsky.social included by @verseofapril.bsky.social in their Hymn For the Living Poet, vol V. You can either read or listen at the link:
www.verseofapril.com/hymn-for-the...

Hymn for the Living Poet — Verse of April: Digital Anthology of Homage to the Poets

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