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IndieAuthors.Social News<p>Commonwealth of Nations Announces Its First-Ever&nbsp;Poet Laureate</p><p>Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh is the Commonwealth's first Poet Laureate, set to amplify diverse voices and foster change through verse until 2027.<br><a href="https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/07/02/commonwealth-poet-laureate-selina-marsh/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thenewpublishingstandard.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/07/02/commonwealth-poet-laureate-selina-marsh/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/CommonwealthofNationsPoetLaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonwealthofNationsPoetLaureate</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/PoetLaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetLaureate</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
Anne Fuller (Sʼaachtlʼéiḵ)<p>Admiring brave people: <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/ChrisLaTray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisLaTray</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Montana</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/PoetLaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetLaureate</span></a> after Humanities Council funding canclelled by DC: " going ahead full steam, as scheduled, regardless of whether it is funded or not.</p><p>I have other avenues I’m exploring but will do it for free if that is what it takes to keep the wheels rolling. I'm not going to let some petty wannabe despot and his moronic billionaire lackey get in the way of what we are doing. " <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a></p>
Fictionable is moving<p>The <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/PoetLaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetLaureate</span></a> Simon Armitage goes gardening:</p><p><a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/journal/faber-reveals-new-illustrated-collection-by-simon-armitage" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">faber.co.uk/journal/faber-reve</span><span class="invisible">als-new-illustrated-collection-by-simon-armitage</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
DigitalDruid<p>“We're birds of a feather, bees of a sting” </p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/PoetLaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetLaureate</span></a> 👍🏽😎🔊 <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/StereoMCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StereoMCs</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/FadeAway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FadeAway</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/90sMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>90sMusic</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/rgTLMu7AX_4?si=gDMauXtOmtjjv4ZS" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/rgTLMu7AX_4?si=gDMauX</span><span class="invisible">tOmtjjv4ZS</span></a></p>
Chad - x :mstdn:<p>I can't find anything written in the news about this, but I'm hearing Victoria, BC's City Council is debating cutting funding to their Poet Laureate and Book Prizes programs.</p><p>It's an $18,000 line item that inspires poets, writers, and artists of all stripes.</p><p>If you're a resident, please email your Councillor and Mayor Alto.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Victoria</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PoetLaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetLaureate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arts</span></a></p>
Culture | The Guardian US<p>The Guardian view on the rise of eco-poetry: writing cannot ignore global heating | Editorial <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/10/the-guardian-view-on-the-rise-of-eco-poetry-writing-cannot-ignore-global-heating" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2024/nov/10/the-guardian-view-on-the-rise-of-eco-poetry-writing-cannot-ignore-global-heating</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/CarolAnnDuffy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarolAnnDuffy</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/MatthewArnold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MatthewArnold</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/SimonArmitage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SimonArmitage</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Poetlaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetlaureate</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/PaulMurray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaulMurray</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Cop29" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cop29</span></a></p>
Smalljones aka Paul Jones<p>Town of Chapel Hill Seeking Applicants for Next Poet Laureate <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/chapelhillgov" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chapelhillgov</span></a></span> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/PoetLaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetLaureate</span></a> <br><a href="https://chapelboro.com/news/arts/town-of-chapel-hill-seeking-applicants-for-next-poet-laureate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chapelboro.com/news/arts/town-</span><span class="invisible">of-chapel-hill-seeking-applicants-for-next-poet-laureate</span></a></p>
Tales from the Penny Bloods<p>Born on this day :</p><p>Alfred Lord Tennyson</p><p>Full version of the Merman here:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/1Vab6zQmdRk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/1Vab6zQmdRk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/botd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>botd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birthdayboy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birthdayboy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tennyson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tennyson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetlaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetlaureate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetrycommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetrycommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetrylovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetrylovers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a></p>
Environment | The Guardian US<p>Simon Armitage: Poets can fight climate crisis by making us spellbound by nature <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/02/simon-armitage-poets-can-fight-climate-crisis-by-making-us-spellbound-by-nature" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/article/</span><span class="invisible">2024/jun/02/simon-armitage-poets-can-fight-climate-crisis-by-making-us-spellbound-by-nature</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/SimonArmitage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SimonArmitage</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Poetlaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetlaureate</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a></p>
Climate crisis | The Guardian<p>Simon Armitage: Poets can fight climate crisis by making us spellbound by nature <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/02/simon-armitage-poets-can-fight-climate-crisis-by-making-us-spellbound-by-nature" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/article/</span><span class="invisible">2024/jun/02/simon-armitage-poets-can-fight-climate-crisis-by-making-us-spellbound-by-nature</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/SimonArmitage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SimonArmitage</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Poetlaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetlaureate</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a></p>
penpusher<p>Song of the Day April 4 2024</p><p>In remembrance of the birth of Marguerite Annie Johnson bka Maya Angelou</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Ang</span><span class="invisible">elou</span></a></p><p>Maya Angelou - Be A Rainbow In Someone Else’s Cloud (From Oprah's Master Class Series)</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/0nYXFletWH4?si=meWJTH6-95NLXIhW" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/0nYXFletWH4?si=meWJTH</span><span class="invisible">6-95NLXIhW</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SongOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SongOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOTD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SOTD2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOTD2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>April4</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MargueriteAnnieJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MargueriteAnnieJohnson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MayaAngelou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MayaAngelou</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rainbow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rainbow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoetLaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetLaureate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oprah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oprah</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpokenWord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpokenWord</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Advice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LifeLesson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LifeLesson</span></a></p>
penpusher<p>Song of the Day April 4 2024</p><p>In remembrance of the birth of Marguerite Annie Johnson bka Maya Angelou</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Ang</span><span class="invisible">elou</span></a></p><p>Maya Angelou - Be A Rainbow In Someone Else’s Cloud (From Oprah's Master Class Series)</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/0nYXFletWH4?si=meWJTH6-95NLXIhW" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/0nYXFletWH4?si=meWJTH</span><span class="invisible">6-95NLXIhW</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SongOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SongOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOTD</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SOTD2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOTD2024</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/April4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>April4</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MargueriteAnnieJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MargueriteAnnieJohnson</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MayaAngelou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MayaAngelou</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Rainbow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rainbow</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PoetLaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetLaureate</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Oprah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oprah</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpokenWord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpokenWord</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Advice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advice</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LifeLesson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LifeLesson</span></a></p>
PetersburgMutualAid<p>The 50 Years of <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/HipHop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HipHop</span></a> event was <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/AMAZING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMAZING</span></a> <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/yesterday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yesterday</span></a> ! Here's hoping that next <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/Saturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Saturday</span></a> Battle for the Burg <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/openmic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openmic</span></a> can pull the same weight...</p><p>Co-Hosted by the tremendous trio -- <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/PetersburgMutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PetersburgMutualAid</span></a> , the Virginia chapter of the <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/SierraClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SierraClub</span></a> , and the incredible Youth <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/PoetLaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetLaureate</span></a> of <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/RichmondVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RichmondVA</span></a> , Amina Adeyola -- we have no doubt that the show will be powerful!</p><p><a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a><br><a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/PetersburgVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PetersburgVA</span></a><br><a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/RVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RVA</span></a><br><a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a><br><a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/spokenword" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spokenword</span></a></p><p>(and, yes, our flyer evolved thanks to Amina, woman of many talents)</p>
PetersburgMutualAid<p><a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/SavetheDate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SavetheDate</span></a> !</p><p>Battle for the 'Burg!<br>A <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/Petersburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Petersburg</span></a> Tribute to <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/HipHop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HipHop</span></a> , <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/SpokenWord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpokenWord</span></a> , and <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> !<br>Saturday, February 10th <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/OpenMicNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenMicNight</span></a> at 1600a E Washington Street.</p><p>6pm to 8:30pm<br>Doors open at 5pm</p><p>Hosted at Finger Taste by <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/PetersburgMutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PetersburgMutualAid</span></a> , <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/SierraClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SierraClub</span></a> of <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a>, and the <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/Youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Youth</span></a> <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/PoetLaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetLaureate</span></a> of <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/Richmond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Richmond</span></a>, Amina Adeyola!</p><p>See you there!</p><p><a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/PetersburgVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PetersburgVA</span></a></p>
Josh Simmons<p>"Born by Lee Herrick</p> <p>I was born in an ocean of poor magic near a songwriter with stories</p> <p>but no maps, strung out on local wine and rice.</p> <p>I was born because the magic and the birds were certain they'd seen me before.</p> <p>There were no gasps or hands clapping nor arias or sobs. I was there</p> <p>on the grass, a full head of black hair, eyes that asked, <em>will you say a little more</em></p> <p>a curiosity that became desire, then death, then desire again."</p> <p>— Lee Herrick: <a href="https://books.josh.tel/book/15175" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><i>Gardening secrets of the dead</i></a>, p. 57</p><p><a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/41" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeeHerrick</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/50" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AsianAmericanPoetry</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/46" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoetLaureate</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TodaysPoem</a></p>
Josh Simmons<p>"Runaway Child by Ada Limón</p> <p>The ocean was two things once, in two places, north it was the high</p> <p>icy waves of Bodega Bay, Dillon, and Limantour, and south it was the blue ease</p> <p>of Oceanside and Encinitas, umbrellas in a sleepy breeze.</p> <p>It took me years to realize those two blues were the same ocean.</p> <p>I thought they must be separate. Must be cleaved in the center by a fault line.</p> <p>On a call just now with my grandmother she mentions how all the flowers</p> <p>I've sent are from my garden, so I let her believe it. Sweet lies of the mind.</p> <p>She says she's surprised I like to grow things, didn't think</p> <p>I was that kind of girl, she always thought I was <em>a runaway child.</em></p> <p>She flicks her hand away, to show me her hand becoming a bird, swerving</p> <p>until it is a white gull in the wind. She repeats: <em>a runaway child.</em></p> <p>Mercy is not frozen in time, but flits about frantically, unsure where to land.</p> <p>As children, they'd bring us to the ocean, divorce distraction and summer,</p> <p>we'd drift with the tide southward until we'd almost lose sight of them,</p> <p>waving dramatically for our return, shouting until we came back to the shore.</p> <p>Once, when she was watching us, I tried to run away, four or five years old,</p> <p>and when I got to the end of the driveway, she didn't try to stop me. Even shut the door.</p> <p>And so I came back. She knew what it was to be unloved, abandoned by her mother,</p> <p>riding her bike by her father's house with his other children, late afternoons,</p> <p>before her grandmother would call her home for supper. Some days, I think</p> <p>she would have let me leave, some days I think of her shaking on the shore.</p> <p>Now, she thinks all the flowers I've sent are from my garden. Grown</p> <p>from seeds and tended. She gets a kick out of it, this runaway child</p> <p>so overly loved, she could dare to drift away from it all."</p> <p>— Ada Limon: <a href="https://books.josh.tel/book/3683" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><i>Hurting Kind</i></a>, pp. 68-70</p><p><a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/47" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AdaLimón</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/45" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LatinePoetry</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/53" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/54" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SonomaCounty</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/46" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoetLaureate</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TodaysPoem</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/6" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BookWyrm</a></p>
Josh Simmons<p>"If I Should Fail by Ada Limón</p> <p>The ivy eating the fence line, each tendril multiplying by green tendril, if I should fail the seeds lifted out and devoured by bristled marauders, blame only me and the strip of sun which bade me come to lie down snakelike on my belly, low snake energy, and be tempted by the crevices between the world and not world, if I should fail know I stared long into fractures and it seemed to me a mighty system of gaps one could slither into and I was made whole in that knowledge of a sleek nothingness."</p> <p>— Ada Limon: <a href="https://books.josh.tel/book/3683" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><i>Hurting Kind</i></a>, p. 72</p><p><a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/47" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AdaLimón</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/45" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LatinePoetry</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/46" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoetLaureate</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TodaysPoem</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/6" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BookWyrm</a></p>
Josh Simmons<p>"Testimony by Lee Herrick</p> <p>I heard the American poet groan like his farmworker mother bent into California's central question like a rake or a comma or a death that was not a death but a rising fire or a shotgun in a wheat field.</p> <p>I heard the father say to himself to hell with it before he wrote a seven page manifesto on the crimes of lemon trees whose leaves become little whispers in our dream like yellow flowers floating on a lake.</p> <p>I heard anger come into the night I heard the night bring you down I heard the down say please madam I heard a woman say Hmong means free I heard freedom like kingdom."</p> <p>— Lee Herrick: <a href="https://books.josh.tel/book/15733" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><i>Scar and Flower</i></a>, p. 32</p><p><a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/41" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeeHerrick</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/50" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AsianAmericanPoetry</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/46" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoetLaureate</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TodaysPoem</a></p>
Josh Simmons<p>"For Earth's Grandsons by Joy Harjo</p> <p>Stand tall, no matter your height, how dark your skin Your spirit is all colors within You are made of the finest woven light From the iridescent love that formed your mothers, fathers Your grandparents all the way back on the spiral road— There is no end to this love It has formed your bodies Feeds your bright spirits And no matter what happens in these times of breaking— No matter dictators, the heartless, and liars No matter—you are born of those Who kept ceremonial embers burning in their hands All through the miles of relentless exile Those who sang the path through massacre All the way to sunrise You will make it through—"</p> <p>— Joy Harjo: <a href="https://books.josh.tel/book/3671" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><i>An American Sunrise</i></a>, p. 56</p><p><a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/48" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JoyHarjo</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/49" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndigenousPoetry</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/46" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoetLaureate</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://books.josh.tel/hashtag/2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TodaysPoem</a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Youth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PoetLaureate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetLaureate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmandaGorman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmandaGorman</span></a> condemns <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Scholastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scholastic</span></a> for allowing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/segregation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>segregation</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BIPOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIPOC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a>' books.</p><p>The publisher yielded to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rightwing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascists</span></a> giving <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/choice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>choice</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/exclude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exclude</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" 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