I love this one by Ocean Vuong. Read his poem “Old Glory” if this one speaks to you, or check one of his books out (from the library!).

Joy Harjo for prompt #5. We want to hear your songs too.

Day 4, We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Li-Young Lee reminds us in “From Blossoms” that joy and grief sit side by side, that sweetness always carries a shadow.

you have to understand,
that no one puts their children in a boat
unless the water is safer than the land

Empathy is a muscle and poetry is the exercise.

Poetry as resistance, poetry as refuge. This April, Treehouse Literary Arts Studio is celebrating National Poetry Month with 30 days prompts, highlighting marginalized voices that speak truth to power. Join us for daily poems and share your own work.

Calling all writers and rock & rollers! Join us for a flash CNF workshop, we’ll jam out to 4 from songs from Dave’s vault - classic, yacht, 80s, grunge - and explore the shape and form of writing flash.

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Stupid Chuck Norris

Thanks, Universe. It’s just what I needed.

Well, that’s enough of 2025 for me.

For everyone who woke up to a snow-globe morning, or those who wish they did, here’s my start on a winter playlist that sounds like holiday music but, in fact, is not (70s/80s edition). What should go next on the lineup?