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audrey gidman
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poet, editor, gardener, farmer, community herbalist, preschool teacher, chapbook editor for Newfound, guest editor for Frontier Poetry, winner of some awards, nominated for some stuff, author of body psalms (Slate Roof Press 2023)
“my life held precariously in the seeing / hands of others”

Frank O’Hara
January 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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“And that’s why / you can’t fall in love.”

Luisa Muradyan
January 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Jill Osier
January 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had.

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RIP David Lynch
January 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
How do y’all find the energy to “join the conversation” holy moly
January 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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friendly reminder: thinking before craft, remembering before craft, dwelling before craft, dreaming before craft, hydration before craft, grieving before craft, dinner before craft, peeling an orange before craft, horses before craft, rivers before craft, ghosts before craft, cheese before craft
January 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Not all conversations worth having are happening in English.

—Mónica de la Torre, on the value of translation
November 24, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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listen, as an editor, an easy way to impress me is to write something I have never read before, preferably in the poem's opening lines, which ultimately culminates into something greater than the sum of the poem's individual parts, as if the poem has always been a part of me
November 24, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Are folks still making starter packs? 🧐
November 25, 2024 at 1:19 AM
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November 16, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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thinking about this W.S. Merwin poem (“Rain Light”)
November 20, 2024 at 1:46 AM
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Gregory Orr on having faith 🎈
November 18, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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💥BANNED BOOKS NEWS 💥

Penguin Random House sues Iowa in an effort to halt censorship in America.

Learn more here: bit.ly/3uvWB3R

#BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks
November 30, 2023 at 6:38 PM
hello
October 18, 2023 at 1:32 PM
bayberries in the bay
October 8, 2023 at 3:10 PM
fleeting
October 4, 2023 at 2:19 PM