#Poets

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rebeca6169

“Do you not see, how necessary a World of Pains and troubles is to school an Intelligence and make it a soul? ... Call the world if you Please ‘The

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sadalibi

I will post my favourite movie quotes/lines/scenes who ever is interested can join under this thread. (Don’t forget to use the tagline though) “Love and other drugs” NATION LOVES RUBINA

(((S. Preston Duncan)))

sprestonduncan

I was introduced to one of my mom's friends as a poet. She said "Oh I'm so happy that men are writing poetry again." This happened over a year ago

James T. Harding

empowermint

It was an honour (not to mention great fun) to work with so many wonderful poets, publicists, printers, booksellers, event organisers and librarians via @StewedBooks. I was constantly amazed by

Caleb Parkin

CalebParkin

POETS: I am convinced there must be theory of how to write a successful specular / mirror poem...Or maybe it's just tinkering with all the words a LOT until it

Danny Kruger

danny__kruger

Quick response to Ferdinand Mount’s well received attack in @LRB on the Johnson government for being un-Burkean ie. not sufficiently respectful of institutions and slow organic change. He has overlooked...

The State of Things

state_of_things

2020 marked The Carolina African American Writers' Collective's 25th anniversary. In May, we talked to them about their anthology "All the Songs We Sing" from @BlairPublisherwith CAAWC founder and poet

Connal Parr

ParrConnal

@WednesdayErskin is completely right that the narrative of Protestants being 'lost for words' while Catholics write (and sing now!), as recycled once again by RDE in the News Letter, is

🖤 Dr Claire Askew

OneNightStanzas

WHO WANTS POEMS ON THEIR TL? #amreading #poetry Okay * cracks knuckles *First up is WHAT THE LIVING DO by Marie Howe, one of my all time favourites ever ever

Kehinde 🇳🇬

kalonge93

Gonna try and post poems by lesser known and celebrated Black poets all Month. Here’s one by Ray Durem who was extremely influential to the Black Power movement. The poem

Seaġhán Labhrás Ó Fidhne

OFidhne

The poet John Keats had a concept which he called “Negative Capability” which is the willingness to embrace uncertainty, live with mystery, and make peace with ambiguity. I think the

Śrīkānta

shrikanth_krish

For all those clamoring for "Indic" hands taking over history writingThis is what you will getFor every sensible "revisionist" voice, there are 10 other crazies spouting nonsenseThere is a reason

Canadian Nomad

NomadCanadian

The poetry chain " Raid" a.k.a Guba.The most influential series of poems in Somali politics. The poems by themselves are not particularly unique in their versification, wisdom or style. What

Karl Knights

Inadarkwood

In 2006, nondisabled school children (in Years Two to Six) were asked for their thoughts on whether disability appeared enough in the books they read. Here's what they said. These

Professor Fleming

alwaystheself

I don’t know. Feelings are complicated. Grim joy can co-mingle with relief. I felt joy when we first realized Trump really lost. And I felt relieved that there was no

Winter Wonder Dan

soundingline

So if we're talking about classics and whether you can make kids love them? I've been doing this for fifteen years and I don't think I've ever MADE a kid

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