Collection
By Norma Cole & Dale M. Smith
A Canadian poet and painter who has been a linchpin of the Bay Area arts scene for nearly 50 years.
By Robert Kelly & Charlotte Mandell
He was at home in French, in German, in English, in baseball, and in poetry.
Poem
By Mel Nichols
I Google myself
I want you to love me
When I feel down
I want you to Google me
I search myself
I want you to find me...
I want you to love me
When I feel down
I want you to Google me
I search myself
I want you to find me...
Collection
By The Editors
Why poetry is necessary and sought after during crises.
Poem of the day
Black woman joy is like this:
Mama said one day long before I was born
she was walking down the street...
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That’s what poetry is: a wind, a leaf of grass that ties time and space
together.
I’m almost always lying
In a
In a
poem
I’m almost always lying
In a
In a
poem
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By CAConrad
Poem
By Cameron Awkward-Rich
Poem
By bruno darío
Translated By Kit Schluter
After tonight, what’s left of you is you moving into my
dream
After tonight, what’s left of you is you moving into my
dream
Poem
By Sarah Ghazal Ali
Poem
By Martha Silano
Poem
By Paul Tran
Once I learned I could have the last word
I couldn’t stop having
I couldn’t stop having
it.
Once I learned I could have the last word
I couldn’t stop having
I couldn’t stop having
it.
Poem
By Bhion Achimba
Poem
By Maxine Hong Kingston
Translated By Chun Yu
Poem
By Shara McCallum
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Fanny Howe
1940—2025Fanny Howe
Fanny Howe was the author of more than 20 books of poetry and prose. Howe grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts.... Read More
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