Poems

Mark Strand:

Mark Strand pic.twitter.com/pQ2leqxM7d

— Twila Newey (@motleybookshelf) December 26, 2021

James Wright:

“I held the man for nothing in my arms” - James Wright pic.twitter.com/lHnTwwpikM

— Jack Jung 정새벽 (@daybreakjung) December 26, 2021

Czesław Miłosz:

A Halloween poem from Czesław Miłosz. pic.twitter.com/pXSld2lf1c

— Jim May (@jamesdavismay) October 31, 2021

John Burnside:

the equinox approaches! 🍂 i'd love a thread of fave autumnal poems.

here's an almost unbearably tender one by john burnside: pic.twitter.com/3gXQY0OjnH

— alina pleskova (@nahhhlina) September 20, 2021

Ben Mirov:

I feel like I have never seen anything / and I am seeing things for the first time / and this is the first thing I have ever seen.

Ben Mirov pic.twitter.com/WxurFF3dEe

— Tom Snarsky (@TomSnarsky) September 15, 2021

Louise Gluck:

This poem is from Ararat by Louise Gluck. I’m currently sitting at my desk trying not to totally lose it. In seven years, I haven’t found an articulation that really captures what my mom went through after she lost a child. I found it tonight. That’s why poetry is a gift. pic.twitter.com/NeaBo8C0nh

— Sarah Kersey (@sk__poet) October 16, 2021

Etheridge Knight:

"fuck / the whole muthafucking thing / all i want now is my woman back / so my soul can sing" pic.twitter.com/ES3uvgdHXs

— just Bailey (@BaileyC213) September 21, 2021