The Elegy Project
@elegyproject.bsky.social
A public poetry project. Elegies in public places, for strangers. A disbursed and mobile anthology. Teaching resources. Always looking for more hands.
reach us at: elegy.degree.zero@gmail.com
reach us at: elegy.degree.zero@gmail.com
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“No sibling, no mother. Her / paws were dry magic beads. I touched them.”
bewitched by this poem. Feral, @jessicacuello.bsky.social
bewitched by this poem. Feral, @jessicacuello.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“No sibling, no mother. Her / paws were dry magic beads. I touched them.”
bewitched by this poem. Feral, @jessicacuello.bsky.social
bewitched by this poem. Feral, @jessicacuello.bsky.social
The Elegy Project on National Poetry Day. Natasha Trethewey's "Myth" shows up streetside in Montreal.
October 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Elegy Project on National Poetry Day. Natasha Trethewey's "Myth" shows up streetside in Montreal.
The Elegy Project on National Poetry Day. The always fabulous Gaby Calvocoressi appears with "Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you" in Somerville.
@gabbat.bsky.social
@gabbat.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Elegy Project on National Poetry Day. The always fabulous Gaby Calvocoressi appears with "Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you" in Somerville.
@gabbat.bsky.social
@gabbat.bsky.social
The Elegy Project on National Poetry Day. Diane Seuss' sonnet from frank finds its way to Mussoorie, India.
@dseuss.bsky.social
@dseuss.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Elegy Project on National Poetry Day. Diane Seuss' sonnet from frank finds its way to Mussoorie, India.
@dseuss.bsky.social
@dseuss.bsky.social
The Elegy Project on National Poetry Day. Here Beth Ann Fennelly appears in Reykjavik with her beautiful "Two Sisters, One Thinner, One Better Dressed."
October 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Elegy Project on National Poetry Day. Here Beth Ann Fennelly appears in Reykjavik with her beautiful "Two Sisters, One Thinner, One Better Dressed."
The Elegy Project on National Poetry Day. Here Sara Eliza Johnson's "Elegy Surrounded by Water" shows up in Reykjavik.
October 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Elegy Project on National Poetry Day. Here Sara Eliza Johnson's "Elegy Surrounded by Water" shows up in Reykjavik.
The Elegy Project on National Poetry Day. Here a favourite by Kaveh Akbar appears in a gnome bar in Reykjavik.
October 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Elegy Project on National Poetry Day. Here a favourite by Kaveh Akbar appears in a gnome bar in Reykjavik.
Alison Benis White, "Postcards to M."
September 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Alison Benis White, "Postcards to M."
Chelsea Dingman, "Microchimerism"
@chelsdingman.bsky.social
@chelsdingman.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Chelsea Dingman, "Microchimerism"
@chelsdingman.bsky.social
@chelsdingman.bsky.social
Kaveh Akbar, "Orchids Are Sprouting From the Floorboards"
September 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Kaveh Akbar, "Orchids Are Sprouting From the Floorboards"
Natasha Trethewey, "Myth"
September 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Natasha Trethewey, "Myth"
Aria Aber, "Dirt and Light"
September 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Aria Aber, "Dirt and Light"
Diane Seuss, from frank: sonnets
@dseuss.bsky.social
@dseuss.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Diane Seuss, from frank: sonnets
@dseuss.bsky.social
@dseuss.bsky.social
Noor Hindi, "Against Death"
September 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Noor Hindi, "Against Death"
Sara Eliza Johnson, "Elegy Surrounded by Water"
@saraelizaj.bsky.social
@saraelizaj.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Sara Eliza Johnson, "Elegy Surrounded by Water"
@saraelizaj.bsky.social
@saraelizaj.bsky.social
And this last spring now, but still thinking about everyone who came together for the Elegy Workshop at the Woodberry, the poetry, the conversations. And Peter Gizzi's extraordinary reading from his Fierce Elegy that fine and beautiful night.
libcal.library.harvard.edu/event/14363586
libcal.library.harvard.edu/event/14363586
GRIEF'S UNDERMUSIC: An Elegy Workshop & Reading featuring Peter Gizzi
The Woodberry Poetry Room is proud to partner with The Elegy Project to host a two-part event, featuring an afternoon elegy-writing workshop and an evening reading by Peter Gizzi,...
libcal.library.harvard.edu
September 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
And this last spring now, but still thinking about everyone who came together for the Elegy Workshop at the Woodberry, the poetry, the conversations. And Peter Gizzi's extraordinary reading from his Fierce Elegy that fine and beautiful night.
libcal.library.harvard.edu/event/14363586
libcal.library.harvard.edu/event/14363586
And this now two years on, but The Elegy Project so fortunate to have put our heads together with the Woodberry Poetry Room.
woodberrypoetryroom.com?p=7976
woodberrypoetryroom.com?p=7976
“STAY TUNED, NEXT WORLD”: Announcing Our Fall 2023 Season & Some New Initiatives – stylus
woodberrypoetryroom.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
And this now two years on, but The Elegy Project so fortunate to have put our heads together with the Woodberry Poetry Room.
woodberrypoetryroom.com?p=7976
woodberrypoetryroom.com?p=7976
Three years on now, but The Elegy Project is still making space for grief, for poetry, for our shared lyric communities.
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022...
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022...
Perspective | The poetic elegies that can help us make space for our pandemic grief
Elegy performs an essential caretaking, both intimate and public, of our dead
www.washingtonpost.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Three years on now, but The Elegy Project is still making space for grief, for poetry, for our shared lyric communities.
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022...
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022...