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Some Mood

The kids at the park light a kite on fire and watch it lift into the sky

Adam Clay

from the book Circle Back / Milkweed

Interview: "Art enables us to imagine the future. It sounds simple, but it’s crucial."
(Poetry Society)
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https://poetrysociety.org/poems-essays/stopping-by/stopping-by-with-ryo-yamaguchi

Profile: "While Nutter’s acclaim as a poet and educator was already well-established, his daughter Elaine introduced his work to a new audience through TikTok."
(K. Mag)
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"Poet Dad of TikTok" - How Geoffrey Nutter Redefines Modern Creativity

Known to many as the “Poet Dad of TikTok,” Geoffrey Nutter has become a symbol of the enduring power of poetry and creativity.

www.kmagazine.org

Profile: "Grefenstette stresses that all of these initiatives are meant to showcase, on both a local and national level, that 'Pittsburgh is a great literary city.'"
(Pittsburgh Magazine)
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The International Poetry Forum Is Back

The International Poetry Forum returns after a 14-year hiatus to revive the Steel City’s role in showcasing renowned writers.

www.pittsburghmagazine.com

Essay: "Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is big business – and you can thank the likes of Edgar Allan Poe and other Romantics for contributing to the hype."
(University of Missouri)
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Poetry, parties and prestige: Mizzou professor researches the literary soirées that fueled Valent...

University of Missouri Professor John Evelev explores Valentine’s Day’s evolution within New York’s 1830s-40s literary culture.

showme.missouri.edu

Profile: "Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise."
(Smithsonian)
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When This Brilliant Author Died, She Left Behind a Legacy of Grief, Haunting Poetry and Surprising...

Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long journey of depression

www.smithsonianmag.com

Report: "A recently discovered poem by Robert Frost, written in 1918 and published for the first time in The New Yorker's Anniversary Issue."
(New Yorker)
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Lost and Found: A Newly Discovered Poem by Robert Frost

“Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

www.newyorker.com

Announcement: 2025 Kingsley Tufts Poetry
Award, 2025 Kate Tufts Discovery
Award Winner, and finalists announced.
(CGU)
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https://arts.cgu.edu/tufts-poetry-awards/winners-finalists/

Report: "On Monday, February 3, Governor Maura Healey signed an Executive Order creating the position of Poet Laureate for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."
(Somerville Times)
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https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/138329

Profile: "I would find some very beautiful poems brought to me by people who didn’t understand themselves to be poets. That was one of the delightful parts of the role."
(Emerson Today)
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Emersonian Laureates Shape Boston’s Poetry Scene - Emerson Today

Boston has had three poet laureates, and all three have been Emerson alums or professors.

today.emerson.edu

Essay: "What is Hell, these days? 'New and Collected Hell', a book-length poem by Shane McCrae, is an audacious effort to stage a tour of the underworld in an almost painfully post-millennial context and vernacular."
(New Yorker)
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The Poet Shane McCrae Goes Back to Hell

McCrae’s work obsessively retreads paths through Heaven, history, and eternal torment. What can we learn from his ...

www.newyorker.com

What Sparks Poetry

Language as Form

In our series Language as Form, we’ve invited poets to write about poetic language as patterned language—how words as sound, voice, sentence, and song become elements of form.

This week's issue: Ken Bluford on “COVID Roadshow”

Catch Up on Recent Poems

March 18, 2025

Heatwave

Rachel Tanaka

Anger left through a skylight I believed was a rejection of form.

March 17, 2025

COVID Roadshow

Ken Bluford

Together, no skylarks or nightingales But chickens circling through Google Chrome

March 16, 2025

Forgive the Animal

Sarah Pape

Inside you, the field's horizon is infinite.

March 15, 2025

An Organ That Vibrates for You

Jahan Khajavi

When we are dancing we like to flip-flop between Rogers & Astaire in this room. When playing exorcist we take turns being the cross & Linda Blair in this room.

March 14, 2025

Everyone I’ve Danced With Is Dead.

Mamie Morgan

I’m seventeen & have been a waitress for one thousand years.

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