Verse of April
@verseofapril.bsky.social
Digital Anthology of Homage to the Poets. We proudly publish from Paris, France. Now accepting submissions for Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume V.
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@verseofapril.bsky.social
· Apr 26
Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume V Trailer
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Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume V is live, with sterling-elizabeth arcadia, Lillian Davies, Barbara E. Hunt, @stainedglasspoet.bsky.social, nat raum, @jstoneking.bsky.social, @minxmarple.bsky.social, Nikki Ummel, & Aras Zeug.
A beautiful new translation by Nancy Naomi Carlson of a poem from Sylvie Kandé's GESTUAIRE: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Call of Air | Sylvie Kandé, Nancy Naomi Carlson
Accursed would you go as far as to covetyour neighbor’s long-gone past...Melancholy this sixth sense!No the appetite for things ebbingalready leaves a
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November 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
A beautiful new translation by Nancy Naomi Carlson of a poem from Sylvie Kandé's GESTUAIRE: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Issue 71 of Up the Staircase Quarterly is live! Cover art by Lauren Rinaldi.
Thanks so much to all of our contributors! You can read the issue at upthestaircase.org
Thanks so much to all of our contributors! You can read the issue at upthestaircase.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Issue 71 of Up the Staircase Quarterly is live! Cover art by Lauren Rinaldi.
Thanks so much to all of our contributors! You can read the issue at upthestaircase.org
Thanks so much to all of our contributors! You can read the issue at upthestaircase.org
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Join us for our 5th Anniversary party, Dec 16th at @pointephemere.bsky.social! Poetry, Music, DJ Sets and lots of surprises 🎉 Featuring Heretics artists @stainedglasspoet.bsky.social @chapp010.bsky.social @lesteria.bsky.social @richardinlelot.bsky.social + friends and special guests! Don't miss it!
November 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Join us for our 5th Anniversary party, Dec 16th at @pointephemere.bsky.social! Poetry, Music, DJ Sets and lots of surprises 🎉 Featuring Heretics artists @stainedglasspoet.bsky.social @chapp010.bsky.social @lesteria.bsky.social @richardinlelot.bsky.social + friends and special guests! Don't miss it!
On November 29, 2025, we are pleased to welcome poet, essayist, and professor Biswamit Dwibedy to Mnemosynes. Please join us from 14-16h at Rerenga Wines (3 rue de la Fidélité) for a reading and discussion of his newly released collection ERODE, out this year from Litmus Press.
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
On November 29, 2025, we are pleased to welcome poet, essayist, and professor Biswamit Dwibedy to Mnemosynes. Please join us from 14-16h at Rerenga Wines (3 rue de la Fidélité) for a reading and discussion of his newly released collection ERODE, out this year from Litmus Press.
"The beauty of friendship (and the similarly-weighted tragedy of its dissolution) as a young adult is something I am intimately familiar with, and [Patterson's] poem captured it so beautifully," writes nat raum. Read (and listen) to their full entry on our site: www.verseofapril.com/nat-raum
October 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"The beauty of friendship (and the similarly-weighted tragedy of its dissolution) as a young adult is something I am intimately familiar with, and [Patterson's] poem captured it so beautifully," writes nat raum. Read (and listen) to their full entry on our site: www.verseofapril.com/nat-raum
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you gotta read—& gotta SEE—AMAZING new nat raum today!
I.i am
A. writing
1. an ars poetica
i. in which i bury you,
ii. in which i close the widest point of the wound myself,
2. a farewell.
https://www.havehashad.com/t727h
I.i am
A. writing
1. an ars poetica
i. in which i bury you,
ii. in which i close the widest point of the wound myself,
2. a farewell.
https://www.havehashad.com/t727h
poem in which you become the “you” by nat raum
i am writing an ars poetica in which i bury you, in which i close the widest point of the wound myself, a farewell. still crying in my car sometimes. for your specter.
www.havehashad.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
you gotta read—& gotta SEE—AMAZING new nat raum today!
I.i am
A. writing
1. an ars poetica
i. in which i bury you,
ii. in which i close the widest point of the wound myself,
2. a farewell.
https://www.havehashad.com/t727h
I.i am
A. writing
1. an ars poetica
i. in which i bury you,
ii. in which i close the widest point of the wound myself,
2. a farewell.
https://www.havehashad.com/t727h
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PARIS: Next Tuesday, with Virginie Poitrasson and Michelle Noteboom; Laura Mullen and Stéphanie Chaillou; Sandra Mousssempès, Amanda Murphy, and myself. Hosted by Ivy Writers and The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore. Would be nice to see you there.
September 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
PARIS: Next Tuesday, with Virginie Poitrasson and Michelle Noteboom; Laura Mullen and Stéphanie Chaillou; Sandra Mousssempès, Amanda Murphy, and myself. Hosted by Ivy Writers and The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore. Would be nice to see you there.
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This is the first in my new series, Text Embodiments, in which dancers and other movement artists interpret my words with motion. It was a privilege to collaborate with Sylvaine Soldano of liebemdance.com 💝
Thank you Leslie McAllister for 🎥+✂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ_D...
Thank you Leslie McAllister for 🎥+✂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ_D...
Text Embodiments #1 - Sylvaine Soldano
YouTube video by Jason Stoneking
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September 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This is the first in my new series, Text Embodiments, in which dancers and other movement artists interpret my words with motion. It was a privilege to collaborate with Sylvaine Soldano of liebemdance.com 💝
Thank you Leslie McAllister for 🎥+✂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ_D...
Thank you Leslie McAllister for 🎥+✂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ_D...
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Listen to @chapp010.bsky.social's powerful tribute to Hélène Bessette, written at Bessette's graveside:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEL9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEL9...
Au tombeau d’Hélène Bessette
YouTube video by Carrie Chappell
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September 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Listen to @chapp010.bsky.social's powerful tribute to Hélène Bessette, written at Bessette's graveside:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEL9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEL9...
The last Mnemosynes reading of the 2024-2025 year with gorgeous poems from Rhoni Blankenhorn and Lindsay Turner. Thank you, dear poets, for the pleasure and real questioning of your verse. It has been an honor to share these moments with you all this season. See you soon in September. GROSSES BISES.
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The last Mnemosynes reading of the 2024-2025 year with gorgeous poems from Rhoni Blankenhorn and Lindsay Turner. Thank you, dear poets, for the pleasure and real questioning of your verse. It has been an honor to share these moments with you all this season. See you soon in September. GROSSES BISES.
Of her homage to Liliane Giraudon, @stainedglasspoet.bsky.social writes, "These are the fragments I first envisioned painting onto glass. I eventually decided to reduce the amount of text inside the window itself, but the original selection has since coalesced into a found poem."
July 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Of her homage to Liliane Giraudon, @stainedglasspoet.bsky.social writes, "These are the fragments I first envisioned painting onto glass. I eventually decided to reduce the amount of text inside the window itself, but the original selection has since coalesced into a found poem."
Hand fans, orange wine, backless chairs, legs, « portes béantes », car-gripping hands of curious children, peal of motor scooter, bus, rumble of Pride, Wet Hot European Summer, « negative capability » of the floor, as our guest named it, & speaking of her, Catherine Barnett. 🩵
June 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Hand fans, orange wine, backless chairs, legs, « portes béantes », car-gripping hands of curious children, peal of motor scooter, bus, rumble of Pride, Wet Hot European Summer, « negative capability » of the floor, as our guest named it, & speaking of her, Catherine Barnett. 🩵
We are expecting a good turn-out for this event, so please try to arrive on time to secure a place. It might also be a good idea to bring a hand fan! Chilled wine will be for sale by the glass at the store.
Parisians, this Saturday, June 28th, from 14-16h, we'll be hosting American poet Catherine Barnett at Mnemosynes: A Paris Poetry Series. Join us at Rerenga Wines in the 10th for natural wine, books, poems, and intimate exchange!
June 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
We are expecting a good turn-out for this event, so please try to arrive on time to secure a place. It might also be a good idea to bring a hand fan! Chilled wine will be for sale by the glass at the store.
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NEW POEM #244: "Practice Run" by Todd Dillard (@toddedillard.bsky.social)
"'The Rapture! Someone's been yanked to heaven!'
The girls argued. How could it be the Rapture
if they were still here? How could someone
with a mustard-stained t-shirt go before them?"
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"'The Rapture! Someone's been yanked to heaven!'
The girls argued. How could it be the Rapture
if they were still here? How could someone
with a mustard-stained t-shirt go before them?"
stonecirclereview.com/practice-run/
June 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
NEW POEM #244: "Practice Run" by Todd Dillard (@toddedillard.bsky.social)
"'The Rapture! Someone's been yanked to heaven!'
The girls argued. How could it be the Rapture
if they were still here? How could someone
with a mustard-stained t-shirt go before them?"
stonecirclereview.com/practice-run/
"'The Rapture! Someone's been yanked to heaven!'
The girls argued. How could it be the Rapture
if they were still here? How could someone
with a mustard-stained t-shirt go before them?"
stonecirclereview.com/practice-run/
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Today my poem “transmasc marvel girl (sonnet)” is poem of the week at The Missouri Review!!!
missourireview.com/arcadia/
missourireview.com/arcadia/
June 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Today my poem “transmasc marvel girl (sonnet)” is poem of the week at The Missouri Review!!!
missourireview.com/arcadia/
missourireview.com/arcadia/
Parisians, this Saturday, June 28th, from 14-16h, we'll be hosting American poet Catherine Barnett at Mnemosynes: A Paris Poetry Series. Join us at Rerenga Wines in the 10th for natural wine, books, poems, and intimate exchange!
June 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Parisians, this Saturday, June 28th, from 14-16h, we'll be hosting American poet Catherine Barnett at Mnemosynes: A Paris Poetry Series. Join us at Rerenga Wines in the 10th for natural wine, books, poems, and intimate exchange!
An excerpt from Barbara E. Hunt’s homage to poet-musician Joni Mitchell. Hunt contributed three homage poems, all to Canadian influences, to Volume V of Hymn for the Living Poet. www.verseofapril.com/barbara-e-hunt
June 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
An excerpt from Barbara E. Hunt’s homage to poet-musician Joni Mitchell. Hunt contributed three homage poems, all to Canadian influences, to Volume V of Hymn for the Living Poet. www.verseofapril.com/barbara-e-hunt
Lillian Davies writes after Maira Kalman in Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume V. Her full entry: www.verseofapril.com/lillian-davies
June 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Lillian Davies writes after Maira Kalman in Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume V. Her full entry: www.verseofapril.com/lillian-davies
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i have deep and abiding love for @verseofapril.bsky.social and @jamesolearypoet.bsky.social, and the work they both create
An excerpt from one of @selizabeth.bsky.social’s homage poems in this year’s Hymn for the Living Poet, Vol. V. Their full entry: www.verseofapril.com/sterlingelizabeth-arcadia-v
June 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
i have deep and abiding love for @verseofapril.bsky.social and @jamesolearypoet.bsky.social, and the work they both create
An excerpt from one of @selizabeth.bsky.social’s homage poems in this year’s Hymn for the Living Poet, Vol. V. Their full entry: www.verseofapril.com/sterlingelizabeth-arcadia-v
June 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
An excerpt from one of @selizabeth.bsky.social’s homage poems in this year’s Hymn for the Living Poet, Vol. V. Their full entry: www.verseofapril.com/sterlingelizabeth-arcadia-v
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My "Portrait of Richard Dailey" which was recently included in Verse of April's Hymn for the Living Poet series, is up on their YouTube channel! Thanks again to @verseofapril.bsky.social and to @richardinlelot.bsky.social 🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=weuz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=weuz...
Portrait of Richard Dailey by Jason Stoneking
YouTube video by Verse of April
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May 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
My "Portrait of Richard Dailey" which was recently included in Verse of April's Hymn for the Living Poet series, is up on their YouTube channel! Thanks again to @verseofapril.bsky.social and to @richardinlelot.bsky.social 🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=weuz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=weuz...
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“The unique thing about writers is that they write.” ~ Margaret Atwood
May 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“The unique thing about writers is that they write.” ~ Margaret Atwood
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Say hello to my piece on reading Ryan Ruby's Context Collapse. 👇
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Isabella Streffen — Verse of April: Digital Anthology of Homage to the Poets
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May 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Say hello to my piece on reading Ryan Ruby's Context Collapse. 👇
www.verseofapril.com/isabella-str...
www.verseofapril.com/isabella-str...
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I'm very proud to have my handwritten portrait of @richardinlelot.bsky.social included by @verseofapril.bsky.social in their Hymn For the Living Poet, vol V. You can either read or listen at the link:
www.verseofapril.com/hymn-for-the...
www.verseofapril.com/hymn-for-the...
Hymn for the Living Poet — Verse of April: Digital Anthology of Homage to the Poets
www.verseofapril.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I'm very proud to have my handwritten portrait of @richardinlelot.bsky.social included by @verseofapril.bsky.social in their Hymn For the Living Poet, vol V. You can either read or listen at the link:
www.verseofapril.com/hymn-for-the...
www.verseofapril.com/hymn-for-the...
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ICYMI : my piece On A Tenderness for Category Errors is included in Hymn To The Living Poet vol 5 😍
Here is our trailer, made by Baptiste de Chabaneix, and debuting "Le Passé des chandelles," a paper percussion piece from his repertoire for LA MASSE PRQT.
Please visit our site to begin reading. This final edition of the hymn is full of astounding homage: www.verseofapril.com/hymn-for-the...
Please visit our site to begin reading. This final edition of the hymn is full of astounding homage: www.verseofapril.com/hymn-for-the...
Hymn for the Living Poet — Verse of April: Digital Anthology of Homage to the Poets
www.verseofapril.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
ICYMI : my piece On A Tenderness for Category Errors is included in Hymn To The Living Poet vol 5 😍