Poems

"make a poem that does not disturb
the silence from which it came"
Wendell Berry, "How to Be a Poet"

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Poems I've seen shared on Twittter in the last month or so.

Today's poetry thread: GRATITUDE

Here's a keeper. ⚡️ Feel free to add poems. pic.twitter.com/0T98TOvlSF

— Joseph Fasano (@Joseph_Fasano_) October 21, 2022

Today's poetry thread: SURVIVAL

Here's one I keep in my pocket like a 🔥. Feel free to add poems. pic.twitter.com/quZ6qm52Yu

— Joseph Fasano (@Joseph_Fasano_) October 6, 2022

Jon Anderson pic.twitter.com/0p9ceLHQfY

— Tom Snarsky (@TomSnarsky) October 11, 2022

“Carry my heart to some shore that my feet will not shatter do not let me pass away before I have a name for this tree under which I am lying.”

Audre Lorde, “October” from The Black Unicorn pic.twitter.com/a4gStpzXSG

— I.S. Jones 🦌🌑 (@isjonespoetry) October 10, 2022

from Inger Christensen’s “Alphabet.”Translated by Susanna Nied pic.twitter.com/xxsYO2NtO6

— Christopher DeWeese (@_ChrisDeWeese) October 11, 2022

Louise Glück for the beginning (and end) of October pic.twitter.com/6mKGN3z5GK

— Sam DeFlitch (@sdeflitchy) October 3, 2022

the poem in question ~ pic.twitter.com/Ig4i0uv9M0

— dev murphy (@gytrashh) October 12, 2022

Victoria Chang @VChangPoet said this in class tonight and I wrote it down not just in my notebook but in my heart:

"Every day is an elegy to the poem you never wrote"

— D. A. Powell (@Powell_DA) October 12, 2022

Today's poetry thread: BREAKUPS

Here's *the* breakup poem I wish I had written. Feel free to add poems. pic.twitter.com/sVMMq4yh2U

— Joseph Fasano (@Joseph_Fasano_) October 5, 2022

i keep hearing
tree talk
water words
and i keep knowing what they mean.

Lucille Clifton pic.twitter.com/Qbz8UzA39b

— Jason Myers (@jasonpmyers) October 4, 2022

Oh wow, THIS by @rocketfantastic! pic.twitter.com/6uDFDM54IK

— Nikita Gill (@nktgill) October 4, 2022

Today's poetry thread: YOU

Here's a little stunner by Franz Wright. Feel free to add poems to the thread. pic.twitter.com/iPdZrGcjVo

— Joseph Fasano (@Joseph_Fasano_) October 2, 2022

Thanks to the editors of @WillowSprings for including this little poem in their new issue. pic.twitter.com/gtCJe1YZJr

— Juliana Gray (@JGray_Writer) September 25, 2022

"Listen. The rug is wet because
I stood here."

Love this poem by the wonderful Jill Osier and her chapbook, FROM (@BullCityPress). pic.twitter.com/XXLgmEHPih

— Jason Tandon (@jasontandon_) September 25, 2022

Today's poetry thread: LONELINESS

Here's a poem so lonely it turns itself to magic. 🔥 Feel free to add poems. pic.twitter.com/XejxRgws5X

— Joseph Fasano (@Joseph_Fasano_) October 10, 2022

poem I read over the summer, stuck with me since pic.twitter.com/EXQPL6ljbX

— james (@jmcetc) October 7, 2022

I often forget that Leonard Cohen was as good poet as well as a songwriter. pic.twitter.com/3Uw1ZZkLBh

— RobertAllenPoet (@RobertAllenPoet) October 12, 2022

God is its howling.

- Paul Celan, "Nocturne" as translated by John Felstiner pic.twitter.com/odY6VzrXM4

— Alina Stefanescu (@aliner) October 12, 2022