David Graham
@davidgrahampoet.bsky.social
Retired teacher, unretired poet. Latest collection: THE HONEY OF EARTH, from Terrapin Books (2019). I'm also mad about photography. My website: https://www.davidgrahampoet.com/
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David Graham
@davidgrahampoet.bsky.social
· Jan 26
David Graham - Unlearning Dad - Live Encounters
Unlearning Dad, poems by David Graham. Live Encounters Poetry & Writing February 2025.
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Three new poems in the new issue of LIVE ENCOUNTERS:
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TODAY!
Here's an early notice for a poetry reading coming up. I'm honored to be part of the Writers Project at SUNY Adirondack in Queensbury NY.
I just love to say I'll be appearing at a building called Dearlove . . .
I just love to say I'll be appearing at a building called Dearlove . . .
March 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
TODAY!
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Beautiful poems from David Graham at Verse-Virtual (www.verse-virtual.org/2025/March/g...)
March 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Beautiful poems from David Graham at Verse-Virtual (www.verse-virtual.org/2025/March/g...)
Today it was time to re-read some Paul Violi. Facebook has many problems but one thing I like is that every day it often reminds me of something I have forgotten. Today my post from 10 years ago probably meant that I was first reading Violi's *Selected Poems* and enjoying it greatly.
February 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Today it was time to re-read some Paul Violi. Facebook has many problems but one thing I like is that every day it often reminds me of something I have forgotten. Today my post from 10 years ago probably meant that I was first reading Violi's *Selected Poems* and enjoying it greatly.
Re-reading William Stafford. This poem from his 1987 collection *An Oregon Message* struck a nerve for me then, and has continued to grow since then. It occurred to me today that this poem was published when he was about 73. I'm soon about to turn 72, and "come to the edge" of "the very old":
February 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Re-reading William Stafford. This poem from his 1987 collection *An Oregon Message* struck a nerve for me then, and has continued to grow since then. It occurred to me today that this poem was published when he was about 73. I'm soon about to turn 72, and "come to the edge" of "the very old":
Here's an early notice for a poetry reading coming up. I'm honored to be part of the Writers Project at SUNY Adirondack in Queensbury NY.
I just love to say I'll be appearing at a building called Dearlove . . .
I just love to say I'll be appearing at a building called Dearlove . . .
February 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Here's an early notice for a poetry reading coming up. I'm honored to be part of the Writers Project at SUNY Adirondack in Queensbury NY.
I just love to say I'll be appearing at a building called Dearlove . . .
I just love to say I'll be appearing at a building called Dearlove . . .
I also recommend this book.
From @kathyfagan.bsky.social's book, Bad Hobby: bookshop.org/a/862/978157...
#poem #poetry #kathyfagan #books #writing
#poem #poetry #kathyfagan #books #writing
January 31, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I also recommend this book.
I brought this beauty home today. Hundreds of Le Guin's poems that I've not read. Oh boy! Plus her translation of Lao Tzu's TAO TE CHING, about which I've heard good things. And a little lyric to whet your appetite. I think this book will live on my desk for a good while as I savor and sip. . . .
January 31, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I brought this beauty home today. Hundreds of Le Guin's poems that I've not read. Oh boy! Plus her translation of Lao Tzu's TAO TE CHING, about which I've heard good things. And a little lyric to whet your appetite. I think this book will live on my desk for a good while as I savor and sip. . . .
Three new poems in the new issue of LIVE ENCOUNTERS:
liveencounters.net/2025-le-pw/d...
liveencounters.net/2025-le-pw/d...
David Graham - Unlearning Dad - Live Encounters
Unlearning Dad, poems by David Graham. Live Encounters Poetry & Writing February 2025.
liveencounters.net
January 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Three new poems in the new issue of LIVE ENCOUNTERS:
liveencounters.net/2025-le-pw/d...
liveencounters.net/2025-le-pw/d...
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ICYMI! Fantastic conversation with @marthasilano.bsky.social on #poetry, illness, partnership, and what's to come! 🎉🎉🎉
#Kunitz "said ‘a poet must know everything,’...I took this instruction very seriously and tried my best to learn the names of all the birds, flowers, trees and mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest." Acre poet #MarthaSilano on illness & TERMINAL SURREAL (2025) 📚🎉
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Martha Silano’s forthcoming book, “Terminal Surreal,” explores her terminal illness diagnosis
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December 11, 2024 at 5:59 PM
ICYMI! Fantastic conversation with @marthasilano.bsky.social on #poetry, illness, partnership, and what's to come! 🎉🎉🎉
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"Writing a little bit each day is akin to leaving the faucets dripping on a cold January night; while the ideas are flowing the creative pipes won’t freeze." ~ @marthasilano.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Writing a little bit each day is akin to leaving the faucets dripping on a cold January night; while the ideas are flowing the creative pipes won’t freeze." ~ @marthasilano.bsky.social
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“The president extemporized with a blithe disregard for established fact.”
New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Lied”
“The president, offering no evidence, insisted upon his version of the story.” “The president extemporized with a blithe disregard for established ...
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January 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“The president extemporized with a blithe disregard for established fact.”
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"This keeping vigil, this poet’s labor of naming the many forms of our pain without giving in to “the tragedy or temptation of turning ... life into myth when it is really all piss and marrow,” rewards the reader at every turn"
Luisa A. Igloria
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Luisa A. Igloria
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REVIEWS — RHINO — Death Prefers the Minor Keys, by Sean Thomas Dougherty -- Reviewed by Luisa A. Igloria
In his newest book Death Prefers the Minor Keys, Sean Thomas Dougherty says, “I have no memories that are not partly fiction.” It’s the first line of a poem called “Poem as Pedagogy or Prose Poem that...
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January 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"This keeping vigil, this poet’s labor of naming the many forms of our pain without giving in to “the tragedy or temptation of turning ... life into myth when it is really all piss and marrow,” rewards the reader at every turn"
Luisa A. Igloria
rhinopoetry.org/reviews/sean...
Luisa A. Igloria
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A favorite poem by Lorna Crozier, one of my favorite Canadian poets. We poets in the U.S. don't pay enough attention to poets from our neighbor to the north.
January 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A favorite poem by Lorna Crozier, one of my favorite Canadian poets. We poets in the U.S. don't pay enough attention to poets from our neighbor to the north.
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"And what is more generous than a window?"
From Pat Schneider's book, The Weight of Love: bookshop.org/a/862/978094...
#poem #patschneider #poetry #books #writers
From Pat Schneider's book, The Weight of Love: bookshop.org/a/862/978094...
#poem #patschneider #poetry #books #writers
January 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"And what is more generous than a window?"
From Pat Schneider's book, The Weight of Love: bookshop.org/a/862/978094...
#poem #patschneider #poetry #books #writers
From Pat Schneider's book, The Weight of Love: bookshop.org/a/862/978094...
#poem #patschneider #poetry #books #writers
I'm reading Alex Dimitrov's LOVE AND OTHER POEMS and wondering, not for the first time, how many strangely good poets I somehow haven't heard of till now.
"I love the January sky and knowing it will change although unlike us. . . "
--Alex Dimitrov, *Love," a fragment of his "endless poem."
"I love the January sky and knowing it will change although unlike us. . . "
--Alex Dimitrov, *Love," a fragment of his "endless poem."
January 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I'm reading Alex Dimitrov's LOVE AND OTHER POEMS and wondering, not for the first time, how many strangely good poets I somehow haven't heard of till now.
"I love the January sky and knowing it will change although unlike us. . . "
--Alex Dimitrov, *Love," a fragment of his "endless poem."
"I love the January sky and knowing it will change although unlike us. . . "
--Alex Dimitrov, *Love," a fragment of his "endless poem."
Thanks to Hayley Mitchell Haugen for including my poem in the latest issue of Sheila-Na-Gig online. I am currently circulating a manuscript called "Sounds Like Singing." This is the title poem.
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#poetry #poetrycommunity
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David Graham
David Graham’s most recent book is The Honey of Earth (Terrapin Books 2019). Others include Stutter Monk and Second Wind. He also co-edited Local News: Poetry About Small Towns (with Tom Montag) an…
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December 31, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Thanks to Hayley Mitchell Haugen for including my poem in the latest issue of Sheila-Na-Gig online. I am currently circulating a manuscript called "Sounds Like Singing." This is the title poem.
sheilanagigblog.com/poetry-archi...
#poetry #poetrycommunity
sheilanagigblog.com/poetry-archi...
#poetry #poetrycommunity
Pine needle italics
December 30, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Pine needle italics
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And here's the title poem, from this month's POETRY: www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
The End of Childhood
Each morning she goes out with an armful of boards and hammers them into the ice.
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December 24, 2024 at 2:47 PM
And here's the title poem, from this month's POETRY: www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
I wish more poets talked about the late John Engman. I keep returning to his poems, which aren't quite like anyone else's. Here's one that brightens my day with his typical bittersweetness and humor. I wish I had any photos of glads, but I hope an amaryllis would work. . . . #poetry #forgottenpoet
December 28, 2024 at 4:26 PM
I wish more poets talked about the late John Engman. I keep returning to his poems, which aren't quite like anyone else's. Here's one that brightens my day with his typical bittersweetness and humor. I wish I had any photos of glads, but I hope an amaryllis would work. . . . #poetry #forgottenpoet
Zeno’s icicle droplet
December 25, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Zeno’s icicle droplet
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RIP Michael Burkard — a devastating loss for poetry. I’ll be saying hello to the moon 🕯️🌙
December 24, 2024 at 5:57 PM
RIP Michael Burkard — a devastating loss for poetry. I’ll be saying hello to the moon 🕯️🌙
I don't know about you but sometimes I need a dose of optimism. This poem's got you covered.
I don’t know if this is my best poem but it is the one i read most often these days. www.griffel.no/article/opti...
OPTIMISM by Chris Banks
Some days you forget despair’s tractor-pull long enough to see some little boy go vroom vroom with a toy car. Joy is invisible, everywhere, like microplastics in drinking water. Sure, children are in ...
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December 24, 2024 at 2:43 PM
I don't know about you but sometimes I need a dose of optimism. This poem's got you covered.
A few years ago I was smitten by the poems of Anele Rubin's debut TRYING TO SPEAK, which won the Wick Poetry Prize from Kent State. Chosen & introduced by Philip Levine. I remembered it today and thought I should re-read it again. Here's a sample.
December 24, 2024 at 2:19 AM
A few years ago I was smitten by the poems of Anele Rubin's debut TRYING TO SPEAK, which won the Wick Poetry Prize from Kent State. Chosen & introduced by Philip Levine. I remembered it today and thought I should re-read it again. Here's a sample.