Maya C. Popa
@mayacpopa.bsky.social
Cheerleader for other poets' poems | Founder of Conscious Writers Collective | www.consciouswriterscollective.com
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Oh, does this session promise to be a juicy one.
If you’re not a CWC Member, as usual, we have 5 tickets reserved for you:
luma.com/27l7cemw
If you’re not a CWC Member, as usual, we have 5 tickets reserved for you:
luma.com/27l7cemw
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Oh, does this session promise to be a juicy one.
If you’re not a CWC Member, as usual, we have 5 tickets reserved for you:
luma.com/27l7cemw
If you’re not a CWC Member, as usual, we have 5 tickets reserved for you:
luma.com/27l7cemw
Oh, does this session promise to be a juicy one.
If you’re not a CWC Member, as usual, we have 5 tickets reserved for you:
luma.com/27l7cemw
If you’re not a CWC Member, as usual, we have 5 tickets reserved for you:
luma.com/27l7cemw
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Oh, does this session promise to be a juicy one.
If you’re not a CWC Member, as usual, we have 5 tickets reserved for you:
luma.com/27l7cemw
If you’re not a CWC Member, as usual, we have 5 tickets reserved for you:
luma.com/27l7cemw
Reposted by Maya C. Popa
Reposted by Maya C. Popa
How does myth function in contemporary poetry? In this generative craft class, we'll explore myth through close reading of contemporary poems & writing exercises. We'll experiment with voice, embodiment, & transformation, creating poems that draw on myth to expand their imaginative and formal range.
Stealing from the Gods: Mythology for Everyday Poems with Carlie Hoffman · Luma
How does myth function in contemporary poetry—as inheritance and as resource? In this generative craft discussion, we will explore classical myth through close…
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January 18, 2026 at 5:59 PM
How does myth function in contemporary poetry? In this generative craft class, we'll explore myth through close reading of contemporary poems & writing exercises. We'll experiment with voice, embodiment, & transformation, creating poems that draw on myth to expand their imaginative and formal range.
Robert Hayden masterpiece:
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Robert Hayden masterpiece:
How does myth function in contemporary poetry? In this generative craft class, we'll explore myth through close reading of contemporary poems & writing exercises. We'll experiment with voice, embodiment, & transformation, creating poems that draw on myth to expand their imaginative and formal range.
Stealing from the Gods: Mythology for Everyday Poems with Carlie Hoffman · Luma
How does myth function in contemporary poetry—as inheritance and as resource? In this generative craft discussion, we will explore classical myth through close…
luma.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:59 PM
How does myth function in contemporary poetry? In this generative craft class, we'll explore myth through close reading of contemporary poems & writing exercises. We'll experiment with voice, embodiment, & transformation, creating poems that draw on myth to expand their imaginative and formal range.
Penelope Shuttle:
January 13, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Penelope Shuttle:
FYI: CWC has a (free) Substack newsletter FULL of craft tips and exercises pulled from our recent sessions. It's a wonderful resource run by our members. 💛
CWC Monthly Review
A look back at December's classes and office hours
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January 12, 2026 at 10:08 PM
FYI: CWC has a (free) Substack newsletter FULL of craft tips and exercises pulled from our recent sessions. It's a wonderful resource run by our members. 💛
Grateful to @thetls.bsky.social for giving this poem a home:
January 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Grateful to @thetls.bsky.social for giving this poem a home:
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Beginning in January, this three-part course with @alinaetc.bsky.social
1)Techniques to Fictionalize Photography
2) Epigraphs in Fiction
3) Terrible and Beautiful Angelic Forms in Fiction
We have FIVE spots for non-CWC members to join us:
1)Techniques to Fictionalize Photography
2) Epigraphs in Fiction
3) Terrible and Beautiful Angelic Forms in Fiction
We have FIVE spots for non-CWC members to join us:
A Three-Part Intensive with Alina Stefanescu · Luma
Alina will be leading three sessions:
January 11, 12-2 EST; February 28, 12-2 EST; March 28, 12-2 EST
1) Techniques to Fictionalize Photography
“When I listen…
luma.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Beginning in January, this three-part course with @alinaetc.bsky.social
1)Techniques to Fictionalize Photography
2) Epigraphs in Fiction
3) Terrible and Beautiful Angelic Forms in Fiction
We have FIVE spots for non-CWC members to join us:
1)Techniques to Fictionalize Photography
2) Epigraphs in Fiction
3) Terrible and Beautiful Angelic Forms in Fiction
We have FIVE spots for non-CWC members to join us:
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December 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Beginning in January, this three-part course with @alinaetc.bsky.social
1)Techniques to Fictionalize Photography
2) Epigraphs in Fiction
3) Terrible and Beautiful Angelic Forms in Fiction
We have FIVE spots for non-CWC members to join us:
1)Techniques to Fictionalize Photography
2) Epigraphs in Fiction
3) Terrible and Beautiful Angelic Forms in Fiction
We have FIVE spots for non-CWC members to join us:
A Three-Part Intensive with Alina Stefanescu · Luma
Alina will be leading three sessions:
January 11, 12-2 EST; February 28, 12-2 EST; March 28, 12-2 EST
1) Techniques to Fictionalize Photography
“When I listen…
luma.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Beginning in January, this three-part course with @alinaetc.bsky.social
1)Techniques to Fictionalize Photography
2) Epigraphs in Fiction
3) Terrible and Beautiful Angelic Forms in Fiction
We have FIVE spots for non-CWC members to join us:
1)Techniques to Fictionalize Photography
2) Epigraphs in Fiction
3) Terrible and Beautiful Angelic Forms in Fiction
We have FIVE spots for non-CWC members to join us:
Really moved to see this as it's one of my favorite poems I've written. Thank you, @matthewterrill.bsky.social.
Rereading @mayacpopa.bsky.social’s magnificent poem In the Museum of Childhood. Every time, a different set of lines bowls me over.
“You'd survive it all,
which is to say, forsake,
those days turning in you
like a pinwheel still,
that base from which
language understands
its failure.”
“You'd survive it all,
which is to say, forsake,
those days turning in you
like a pinwheel still,
that base from which
language understands
its failure.”
December 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Really moved to see this as it's one of my favorite poems I've written. Thank you, @matthewterrill.bsky.social.
December 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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thankful to @mayacpopa.bsky.social for including this wonderful Ellen Bass poem in her newsletter today
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
thankful to @mayacpopa.bsky.social for including this wonderful Ellen Bass poem in her newsletter today
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On this national day of shopping (🙄) here are two craft classes I’m teaching in December:
🎯 ON DESIRE for @Five Things I've Learned: myfivethings.com/class/maya-c...
🎯 ON MORTALITY & POETRY luma.com/1kaxbfbg
🎯 ON DESIRE for @Five Things I've Learned: myfivethings.com/class/maya-c...
🎯 ON MORTALITY & POETRY luma.com/1kaxbfbg
Writing Desire - Five Things I've Learned
Join me in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about the ways that poets can bring desire to the page with heat, precision, mystery, and verve. Hi, everyone. I’m Maya ...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On this national day of shopping (🙄) here are two craft classes I’m teaching in December:
🎯 ON DESIRE for @Five Things I've Learned: myfivethings.com/class/maya-c...
🎯 ON MORTALITY & POETRY luma.com/1kaxbfbg
🎯 ON DESIRE for @Five Things I've Learned: myfivethings.com/class/maya-c...
🎯 ON MORTALITY & POETRY luma.com/1kaxbfbg
Poets aren’t bad at self-promotion because we’re inherently humble, but because the habits that sustain poetry have very little to do with the habits required to promote it. Promotion can feel like an assault on the inner world by the outer one.
Poets, We Need to Talk About Self-Promotion
Why asking for support feels harder than writing the book
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December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Poets aren’t bad at self-promotion because we’re inherently humble, but because the habits that sustain poetry have very little to do with the habits required to promote it. Promotion can feel like an assault on the inner world by the outer one.