Maya C. Popa
@mayacpopa.bsky.social
Cheerleader for other poets' poems | Founder of Conscious Writers Collective | www.consciouswriterscollective.com
Friends, I'm grateful to have a poem from my forthcoming book, IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY, in this week's New Yorker. 🤍
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Friends, I'm grateful to have a poem from my forthcoming book, IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY, in this week's New Yorker. 🤍
“What kind of world / would let loose / a low orange moon”
October 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“What kind of world / would let loose / a low orange moon”
"Beyond the shale night / filling with rain."
September 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Beyond the shale night / filling with rain."
"Why does this light force me back / to my childhood?"
September 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"Why does this light force me back / to my childhood?"
The amazing @alinaetc.bsky.social will be teaching 3x workshops on the essay in Conscious Writers Collective this October, November, and December.
Link in bio ✨
Link in bio ✨
September 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The amazing @alinaetc.bsky.social will be teaching 3x workshops on the essay in Conscious Writers Collective this October, November, and December.
Link in bio ✨
Link in bio ✨
"where we stood, saying I"
September 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"where we stood, saying I"
Please spread the word, friends.
I really hope this scholarship reaches and serves writers who would not otherwise have access to instruction and community.
(Form is on our IG, @consciouswriters)
I really hope this scholarship reaches and serves writers who would not otherwise have access to instruction and community.
(Form is on our IG, @consciouswriters)
September 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Please spread the word, friends.
I really hope this scholarship reaches and serves writers who would not otherwise have access to instruction and community.
(Form is on our IG, @consciouswriters)
I really hope this scholarship reaches and serves writers who would not otherwise have access to instruction and community.
(Form is on our IG, @consciouswriters)
Mahmoud Darwish trans. by Mohammed Shaheen
September 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Mahmoud Darwish trans. by Mohammed Shaheen
September 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A necessary reminder:
September 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A necessary reminder:
"Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not."
September 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not."
"Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not."
September 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not."
Love this poem by Kevin Young:
September 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Love this poem by Kevin Young:
A poem from my next book about visiting the South during the early days of the war in Ukraine. I'd hoped to capture that uncanny sense of pervasive ongoing violence that still announces itself amid beauty.
August 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A poem from my next book about visiting the South during the early days of the war in Ukraine. I'd hoped to capture that uncanny sense of pervasive ongoing violence that still announces itself amid beauty.
Excited to be teaching a class entirely on book reviewing. September 18, 4-5:30 PM EST. Replays available. Spots are limited. See you soon. x
mayacpopa.com/onlineclasse...
mayacpopa.com/onlineclasse...
August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Excited to be teaching a class entirely on book reviewing. September 18, 4-5:30 PM EST. Replays available. Spots are limited. See you soon. x
mayacpopa.com/onlineclasse...
mayacpopa.com/onlineclasse...
My poem about the Manhattan field hospital in Central Park (2020):
August 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My poem about the Manhattan field hospital in Central Park (2020):
