Maya C. Popa
@mayacpopa.bsky.social
Cheerleader for other poets' poems | Founder of Conscious Writers Collective | www.consciouswriterscollective.com
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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 ...
myfivethings.com
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
substack.com
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.
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A poem from my forthcoming book in Poetry London today 🤍
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A poem from my forthcoming book in Poetry London today 🤍
Reposted by Maya C. Popa
On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read well beyond “The Two-Headed Calf,” discussing the work of caregiving & poetry, approaching both with deep curiosity & attention to mystery.
Generative Craft Class with Maya C. Popa · Zoom · Luma
On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read…
luma.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read well beyond “The Two-Headed Calf,” discussing the work of caregiving & poetry, approaching both with deep curiosity & attention to mystery.
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 ...
myfivethings.com
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
A poem from my forthcoming book in Poetry London today 🤍
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A poem from my forthcoming book in Poetry London today 🤍
On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read well beyond “The Two-Headed Calf,” discussing the work of caregiving & poetry, approaching both with deep curiosity & attention to mystery.
Generative Craft Class with Maya C. Popa · Zoom · Luma
On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read…
luma.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read well beyond “The Two-Headed Calf,” discussing the work of caregiving & poetry, approaching both with deep curiosity & attention to mystery.
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@mayacpopa.bsky.social , I love your poem, "They Are Building A Hospital", which I first heard on Padraig O'Tuama's podcast. 🌞
onbeing.org/programs/may...
onbeing.org/programs/may...
Maya C. Popa — They Are Building a Hospital
It can be hard to believe your eyes sometimes. Here, a poet sees hospitals where previously there had been picnics, and tries to bear witness.
onbeing.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
@mayacpopa.bsky.social , I love your poem, "They Are Building A Hospital", which I first heard on Padraig O'Tuama's podcast. 🌞
onbeing.org/programs/may...
onbeing.org/programs/may...
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Maya C. Popa, from “Dear Life”, Wound Is the Origin of Wonder
January 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Maya C. Popa, from “Dear Life”, Wound Is the Origin of Wonder
So glad to host this amazing session in Conscious Writers Collective (CWC) in collaboration with Five Things I’ve Learned. Get a ticket here—you don’t want to miss this session!
myfivethings.com/class/buildi...
myfivethings.com/class/buildi...
How Books Get Made
Adrian Matejka on Putting Together a Poetry Manuscript
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So glad to host this amazing session in Conscious Writers Collective (CWC) in collaboration with Five Things I’ve Learned. Get a ticket here—you don’t want to miss this session!
myfivethings.com/class/buildi...
myfivethings.com/class/buildi...
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“You have made me an Eden, / …by which I mean, you will leave me. “
Stunning new work by @mayacpopa.bsky.social. Can’t wait for this book to come out.
Stunning new work by @mayacpopa.bsky.social. Can’t wait for this book to come out.
Friends, I'm grateful to have a poem from my forthcoming book, IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY, in this week's New Yorker. 🤍
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“You have made me an Eden, / …by which I mean, you will leave me. “
Stunning new work by @mayacpopa.bsky.social. Can’t wait for this book to come out.
Stunning new work by @mayacpopa.bsky.social. Can’t wait for this book to come out.