poetry
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After Italo Calvino’s INVISIBLE CITIES A thin black spires raises to the sun-soaked sky, a calm choked with flowers. All people invisible as the dew, light fractures them open in squares and markets, on balconies and terraces. The water only exists in memory with the land, long canals dig the city like veins, but their…
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So, it’s barely week 2 of August and I have to call it “quits” on the Sealey Challenge. I’ll leave up my previous post with the four books I read, but I have realized some things about myself and my time and my life right now. And I’m going to give myself some grace. 1.…
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Today marks the first day of my first attempt at the Sealey Challenge, to read a book of poetry a day for the whole month of August. Head over to my Threads account to see daily updates! I will update this post with the growing list of books I read. Happy poetry!
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We need to protect LGBTQ+ persons in this country. Now is the time for visibility and support. There are so many amazing poets to read this month who identify as LGBTQ+ and I encourage you to read them and learn about their experiences and share their creative work. A few great LGBTQ+ poets (and this…
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Tonight I got to hear Maggie Smith speak about the process of writing her beautiful new memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful. An incredible experience and so many great tidbits to help with writing and life.
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April 30, onward into poetry! Alas, poetry month comes to a close, and so do my daily writings. It’s been incredible to share different moments of poetry with you, and to be mindful of how poetry can enter each day. As the marathon posting comes to a close, I think of the good stuff we…
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April 29, sonnet. Sharing one of my favorite poets, Terrance Hayes, and a few poems from his collection, American Sonnets For My Past and Future Assassin.
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April 28, inspiring quote. Ok, so is it cheating not to pick a poetry quote for poetry month? No! I say anything can inspire a poet, including the great Kurt Vonnegut in his opening lines of Slaughterhouse Five. This line is the maxim of a poet. We approximate towards meaning, some embracing music some embracing…
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April 27, poem in your pocket. Today we walked with Basho.
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April 26, ekphrastic. This type of poetry is some of the first that I ever appreciated and wrote on my own. Back in my undergrad, my poetry mentor and professor introduced me to Anne Sexton and her collection TRANSFORMATIONS as well as the poem below. I adored the idea of taking something well known, like…
Amanda Stovicek D'Alessandro 