Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
@brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social
A literary nonprofit bringing you great poetry from across places, eras, and traditions.
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/
We're proud to once again be supporting PoetryFest at the Irish Arts Center.
Join in for readings and conversations by poets of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and North America from December 5th through 7th.
irishartscenter.org/...
Join in for readings and conversations by poets of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and North America from December 5th through 7th.
irishartscenter.org/...
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We're proud to once again be supporting PoetryFest at the Irish Arts Center.
Join in for readings and conversations by poets of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and North America from December 5th through 7th.
irishartscenter.org/...
Join in for readings and conversations by poets of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and North America from December 5th through 7th.
irishartscenter.org/...
"Hundreds of finches in road
resting, drinking from puddles."
@katedurbin.bsky.social performs Michael Earl Craig's poem "Driving Home" in this week's new poem film.
resting, drinking from puddles."
@katedurbin.bsky.social performs Michael Earl Craig's poem "Driving Home" in this week's new poem film.
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"Hundreds of finches in road
resting, drinking from puddles."
@katedurbin.bsky.social performs Michael Earl Craig's poem "Driving Home" in this week's new poem film.
resting, drinking from puddles."
@katedurbin.bsky.social performs Michael Earl Craig's poem "Driving Home" in this week's new poem film.
"It works, there is nothing wrong with it.
You have a hole, it’s a poultice.
You have an eye, it’s an image.
My boy, it’s your last resort."
Brontez Purnell performs Sylvia Plath's poem "The Applicant" in a new film directed by Jean Coleman.
You have a hole, it’s a poultice.
You have an eye, it’s an image.
My boy, it’s your last resort."
Brontez Purnell performs Sylvia Plath's poem "The Applicant" in a new film directed by Jean Coleman.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"It works, there is nothing wrong with it.
You have a hole, it’s a poultice.
You have an eye, it’s an image.
My boy, it’s your last resort."
Brontez Purnell performs Sylvia Plath's poem "The Applicant" in a new film directed by Jean Coleman.
You have a hole, it’s a poultice.
You have an eye, it’s an image.
My boy, it’s your last resort."
Brontez Purnell performs Sylvia Plath's poem "The Applicant" in a new film directed by Jean Coleman.
This month, we’ve partnered with @dinglelit.bsky.social to bring you two events featuring our films!
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November 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This month, we’ve partnered with @dinglelit.bsky.social to bring you two events featuring our films!
dinglelit.ie
dinglelit.ie
"We are alone
because the dead are alone."
James Byrne performs Michael Hartnett's poem "For Edward Hartnett" in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
because the dead are alone."
James Byrne performs Michael Hartnett's poem "For Edward Hartnett" in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"We are alone
because the dead are alone."
James Byrne performs Michael Hartnett's poem "For Edward Hartnett" in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
because the dead are alone."
James Byrne performs Michael Hartnett's poem "For Edward Hartnett" in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
Obioma Ugoala performs John Donne's "No man is an island" from Meditation XVII in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
Obioma Ugoala performs John Donne's "No man is an island" from Meditation XVII in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
Obioma Ugoala performs John Donne's "No man is an island" from Meditation XVII in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
Obioma Ugoala performs John Donne's "No man is an island" from Meditation XVII in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
"But nothing whatever is by love debarred,
The common and banal her heat can know."
Patrick Kavanagh was born #OnThisDay in 1904. Here, Aaron Monaghan performs his poem "The Hospital."
The common and banal her heat can know."
Patrick Kavanagh was born #OnThisDay in 1904. Here, Aaron Monaghan performs his poem "The Hospital."
October 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"But nothing whatever is by love debarred,
The common and banal her heat can know."
Patrick Kavanagh was born #OnThisDay in 1904. Here, Aaron Monaghan performs his poem "The Hospital."
The common and banal her heat can know."
Patrick Kavanagh was born #OnThisDay in 1904. Here, Aaron Monaghan performs his poem "The Hospital."
"That night, the young doctor
with the black moustache
too close to me at 2 a.m.,
his breath in my ear, whispering –
Something has to be done about the Irish."
Martina Evans performs her poem "Clinical Indications" in our latest poem film with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
with the black moustache
too close to me at 2 a.m.,
his breath in my ear, whispering –
Something has to be done about the Irish."
Martina Evans performs her poem "Clinical Indications" in our latest poem film with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"That night, the young doctor
with the black moustache
too close to me at 2 a.m.,
his breath in my ear, whispering –
Something has to be done about the Irish."
Martina Evans performs her poem "Clinical Indications" in our latest poem film with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
with the black moustache
too close to me at 2 a.m.,
his breath in my ear, whispering –
Something has to be done about the Irish."
Martina Evans performs her poem "Clinical Indications" in our latest poem film with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
"Every old man I see
In October-coloured weather
Seems to say to me
'I was once your father.'"
Declan O'Connor performs Patrick Kavanagh's "Memory of My Father" in our latest film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
In October-coloured weather
Seems to say to me
'I was once your father.'"
Declan O'Connor performs Patrick Kavanagh's "Memory of My Father" in our latest film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Every old man I see
In October-coloured weather
Seems to say to me
'I was once your father.'"
Declan O'Connor performs Patrick Kavanagh's "Memory of My Father" in our latest film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
In October-coloured weather
Seems to say to me
'I was once your father.'"
Declan O'Connor performs Patrick Kavanagh's "Memory of My Father" in our latest film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
"I do not find
The Hanged Man. Fear death by water."
T. S. Eliot was born #OnThisDay in 1888. Watch Giannina Braschi perform an excerpt of Eliot's "The Waste Land" in this poem film directed by Williams Cole.
The Hanged Man. Fear death by water."
T. S. Eliot was born #OnThisDay in 1888. Watch Giannina Braschi perform an excerpt of Eliot's "The Waste Land" in this poem film directed by Williams Cole.
September 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"I do not find
The Hanged Man. Fear death by water."
T. S. Eliot was born #OnThisDay in 1888. Watch Giannina Braschi perform an excerpt of Eliot's "The Waste Land" in this poem film directed by Williams Cole.
The Hanged Man. Fear death by water."
T. S. Eliot was born #OnThisDay in 1888. Watch Giannina Braschi perform an excerpt of Eliot's "The Waste Land" in this poem film directed by Williams Cole.
This is the island.
It is small and vulnerable,
it is a woman, calling.
Happy birthday to Tiphanie Yanique!
Watch Selina Nwulu perform Yanique's poem "Dangerous Things."
It is small and vulnerable,
it is a woman, calling.
Happy birthday to Tiphanie Yanique!
Watch Selina Nwulu perform Yanique's poem "Dangerous Things."
September 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is the island.
It is small and vulnerable,
it is a woman, calling.
Happy birthday to Tiphanie Yanique!
Watch Selina Nwulu perform Yanique's poem "Dangerous Things."
It is small and vulnerable,
it is a woman, calling.
Happy birthday to Tiphanie Yanique!
Watch Selina Nwulu perform Yanique's poem "Dangerous Things."
"I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother."
Obioma Ugoala performs Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too" in the second film in our new series with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
I am the darker brother."
Obioma Ugoala performs Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too" in the second film in our new series with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
September 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother."
Obioma Ugoala performs Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too" in the second film in our new series with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
I am the darker brother."
Obioma Ugoala performs Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too" in the second film in our new series with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
"We used to say,
That’s my heart right there.
As if to say,
Don’t mess with her right there."
Willie Perdomo performs his poem "That's My Heart Right There" in a 2024 film created with @poetsorg.bsky.social.
That’s my heart right there.
As if to say,
Don’t mess with her right there."
Willie Perdomo performs his poem "That's My Heart Right There" in a 2024 film created with @poetsorg.bsky.social.
September 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"We used to say,
That’s my heart right there.
As if to say,
Don’t mess with her right there."
Willie Perdomo performs his poem "That's My Heart Right There" in a 2024 film created with @poetsorg.bsky.social.
That’s my heart right there.
As if to say,
Don’t mess with her right there."
Willie Perdomo performs his poem "That's My Heart Right There" in a 2024 film created with @poetsorg.bsky.social.
"Airless, humid dark. Leaf-noise.
The stirrings of a garden before rain.
A hint of storm behind the risen moon."
Martina Evans reads Eavan Boland's poem "An Irish Childhood in England: 1951" in the first in our new series of poem films with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
The stirrings of a garden before rain.
A hint of storm behind the risen moon."
Martina Evans reads Eavan Boland's poem "An Irish Childhood in England: 1951" in the first in our new series of poem films with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
September 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Airless, humid dark. Leaf-noise.
The stirrings of a garden before rain.
A hint of storm behind the risen moon."
Martina Evans reads Eavan Boland's poem "An Irish Childhood in England: 1951" in the first in our new series of poem films with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
The stirrings of a garden before rain.
A hint of storm behind the risen moon."
Martina Evans reads Eavan Boland's poem "An Irish Childhood in England: 1951" in the first in our new series of poem films with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
"Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate."
Simon Callow performs William Shakespeare's iconic "Sonnet 18" in our latest poem film.
Thou art more lovely and more temperate."
Simon Callow performs William Shakespeare's iconic "Sonnet 18" in our latest poem film.
August 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate."
Simon Callow performs William Shakespeare's iconic "Sonnet 18" in our latest poem film.
Thou art more lovely and more temperate."
Simon Callow performs William Shakespeare's iconic "Sonnet 18" in our latest poem film.
"Sunlight threading gold
along the seas rippling
swells all around them
till the sea became the colour of smoke
and the sky lead."
Roger Robinson performs his poem "The City Kids See the Sea."
along the seas rippling
swells all around them
till the sea became the colour of smoke
and the sky lead."
Roger Robinson performs his poem "The City Kids See the Sea."
August 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Sunlight threading gold
along the seas rippling
swells all around them
till the sea became the colour of smoke
and the sky lead."
Roger Robinson performs his poem "The City Kids See the Sea."
along the seas rippling
swells all around them
till the sea became the colour of smoke
and the sky lead."
Roger Robinson performs his poem "The City Kids See the Sea."
"No matter the pull toward brink. No
matter the florid, deep sleep awaits."
Catch Jubi Arriola-Headley's performance of Ross Gay's "Sorrow Is Not My Name" through 6/26 at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social in Brooklyn, as part of the pre-show for 28 Years Later.
matter the florid, deep sleep awaits."
Catch Jubi Arriola-Headley's performance of Ross Gay's "Sorrow Is Not My Name" through 6/26 at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social in Brooklyn, as part of the pre-show for 28 Years Later.
June 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"No matter the pull toward brink. No
matter the florid, deep sleep awaits."
Catch Jubi Arriola-Headley's performance of Ross Gay's "Sorrow Is Not My Name" through 6/26 at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social in Brooklyn, as part of the pre-show for 28 Years Later.
matter the florid, deep sleep awaits."
Catch Jubi Arriola-Headley's performance of Ross Gay's "Sorrow Is Not My Name" through 6/26 at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social in Brooklyn, as part of the pre-show for 28 Years Later.
“Ah, he was a grand man.”
RIP, Paul Durcan.
Here, watch a 2021 film of Durcan's poem "Tullynoe: Tête-à-Tête in the Parish Priest's Parlour," created with @druidtheatre.bsky.social.
RIP, Paul Durcan.
Here, watch a 2021 film of Durcan's poem "Tullynoe: Tête-à-Tête in the Parish Priest's Parlour," created with @druidtheatre.bsky.social.
May 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Ah, he was a grand man.”
RIP, Paul Durcan.
Here, watch a 2021 film of Durcan's poem "Tullynoe: Tête-à-Tête in the Parish Priest's Parlour," created with @druidtheatre.bsky.social.
RIP, Paul Durcan.
Here, watch a 2021 film of Durcan's poem "Tullynoe: Tête-à-Tête in the Parish Priest's Parlour," created with @druidtheatre.bsky.social.
"To make it something that's meaningful to others, it’s the pulling back, it's the looking, and it's finding the form that will express it."
@janeclarke.bsky.social joined us for the final episode of Season 2 of The Glimpse. Listen now!
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
@janeclarke.bsky.social joined us for the final episode of Season 2 of The Glimpse. Listen now!
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
May 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"To make it something that's meaningful to others, it’s the pulling back, it's the looking, and it's finding the form that will express it."
@janeclarke.bsky.social joined us for the final episode of Season 2 of The Glimpse. Listen now!
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
@janeclarke.bsky.social joined us for the final episode of Season 2 of The Glimpse. Listen now!
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
Our utmost congratulations to Marie Howe, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry!
"Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity
we once were?"
"Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity
we once were?"
May 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our utmost congratulations to Marie Howe, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry!
"Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity
we once were?"
"Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity
we once were?"
"[I was] thinking of...the sentence as a fabric I was stretching over the poetic line."
@gphibbett.bsky.social appears on this week's episode of The Glimpse, speaking about the lyric “I,” the Icarus myth, and how to write about an ambitious subject.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
@gphibbett.bsky.social appears on this week's episode of The Glimpse, speaking about the lyric “I,” the Icarus myth, and how to write about an ambitious subject.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
May 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"[I was] thinking of...the sentence as a fabric I was stretching over the poetic line."
@gphibbett.bsky.social appears on this week's episode of The Glimpse, speaking about the lyric “I,” the Icarus myth, and how to write about an ambitious subject.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
@gphibbett.bsky.social appears on this week's episode of The Glimpse, speaking about the lyric “I,” the Icarus myth, and how to write about an ambitious subject.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
"I'm talking to the people I know and like and love...I feel as though there aren't enough poems that people write to their friends."
Stephen Sexton speaks to Seán Hewitt about dream logic, poem addressees, and more in this week's The Glimpse.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
Stephen Sexton speaks to Seán Hewitt about dream logic, poem addressees, and more in this week's The Glimpse.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
April 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"I'm talking to the people I know and like and love...I feel as though there aren't enough poems that people write to their friends."
Stephen Sexton speaks to Seán Hewitt about dream logic, poem addressees, and more in this week's The Glimpse.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
Stephen Sexton speaks to Seán Hewitt about dream logic, poem addressees, and more in this week's The Glimpse.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
We're thrilled to share that five of our films will be appearing in upcoming film festivals!
April 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We're thrilled to share that five of our films will be appearing in upcoming film festivals!
"I'm very interested in place, the way place and voice are connected. Place runs through the voice."
Martina Evans speaks with Seán Hewitt on our latest episode of The Glimpse. Tune in for their chat about accents, poetic lineages, and the magic of cats.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
Martina Evans speaks with Seán Hewitt on our latest episode of The Glimpse. Tune in for their chat about accents, poetic lineages, and the magic of cats.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
April 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"I'm very interested in place, the way place and voice are connected. Place runs through the voice."
Martina Evans speaks with Seán Hewitt on our latest episode of The Glimpse. Tune in for their chat about accents, poetic lineages, and the magic of cats.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
Martina Evans speaks with Seán Hewitt on our latest episode of The Glimpse. Tune in for their chat about accents, poetic lineages, and the magic of cats.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
"[Ezra Pound] is a difficult forebear...and his sort of poetic edgelordism is often very uncomfortable."
This week, @kitfryatt.bsky.social joined Seán Hewitt on The Glimpse to talk about problematic modernist poets and much more. Listen now!
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
This week, @kitfryatt.bsky.social joined Seán Hewitt on The Glimpse to talk about problematic modernist poets and much more. Listen now!
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
April 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"[Ezra Pound] is a difficult forebear...and his sort of poetic edgelordism is often very uncomfortable."
This week, @kitfryatt.bsky.social joined Seán Hewitt on The Glimpse to talk about problematic modernist poets and much more. Listen now!
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
This week, @kitfryatt.bsky.social joined Seán Hewitt on The Glimpse to talk about problematic modernist poets and much more. Listen now!
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...