Michael Bazzett
@mikhailbazharov.bsky.social
Goat herder. Happy poet.
Rhymes w/ gazette.
Five books, including
The ECHO CHAMBER
(Milkweed)
& CLOUDWATCHER
(Copper Canyon)
Translator of The Popol Vuh
& Humberto Ak'abal
NY Times Best Poetry 2018
NEA Fellow in Poetry & Translation
michaelbazzett.com
Rhymes w/ gazette.
Five books, including
The ECHO CHAMBER
(Milkweed)
& CLOUDWATCHER
(Copper Canyon)
Translator of The Popol Vuh
& Humberto Ak'abal
NY Times Best Poetry 2018
NEA Fellow in Poetry & Translation
michaelbazzett.com
Listen to the music and let it stretch you...
What an astounding little poem, from an astounding debut.
What an astounding little poem, from an astounding debut.
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Listen to the music and let it stretch you...
What an astounding little poem, from an astounding debut.
What an astounding little poem, from an astounding debut.
I wrote a novel. Or rather, I imagined a novel. And then I imagined reading it....
...many thanks to @ronslate.bsky.social for publishing the resulting poem at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/the-novel/
...many thanks to @ronslate.bsky.social for publishing the resulting poem at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/the-novel/
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I wrote a novel. Or rather, I imagined a novel. And then I imagined reading it....
...many thanks to @ronslate.bsky.social for publishing the resulting poem at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/the-novel/
...many thanks to @ronslate.bsky.social for publishing the resulting poem at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/the-novel/
..very grateful to Beloit Poetry Journal for giving a home to "The Little Man," a poem for Zeus, who is no longer with us, yet who will be with us forever, and who channelled this work with his sweet & gentle soul...
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
October 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
..very grateful to Beloit Poetry Journal for giving a home to "The Little Man," a poem for Zeus, who is no longer with us, yet who will be with us forever, and who channelled this work with his sweet & gentle soul...
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
..very grateful to Beloit Poetry Journal for giving a home to "The Little Man," a poem for Zeus, who is no longer with us, yet who will be with us forever, and who channelled this work with his sweet & gentle soul...
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
..very grateful to Beloit Poetry Journal for giving a home to "The Little Man," a poem for Zeus, who is no longer with us, yet who will be with us forever, and who channelled this work with his sweet & gentle soul...
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
...from "The Morphologist," which is forthcoming from @milkweed_books in 2027 ❤️
Ryan Vine's new book, "The Cave," is marvelous...
...including this little gem that parses the line between solitude & merely being alone ❤️ @ryanvine.bsky.social
...including this little gem that parses the line between solitude & merely being alone ❤️ @ryanvine.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ryan Vine's new book, "The Cave," is marvelous...
...including this little gem that parses the line between solitude & merely being alone ❤️ @ryanvine.bsky.social
...including this little gem that parses the line between solitude & merely being alone ❤️ @ryanvine.bsky.social
Love the deft music of this little gem by @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social up at Poem-a-Day today...
August 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Love the deft music of this little gem by @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social up at Poem-a-Day today...
Gold medal in political cartooning?
Siegfried Woldhek for the win...
Siegfried Woldhek for the win...
August 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Gold medal in political cartooning?
Siegfried Woldhek for the win...
Siegfried Woldhek for the win...
Truly incredible news! I'm so proud of Leslie...for writing this stunning, propulsive book; for persisting; for being the consummate artist & role model; & for being the best partner ever... We're feeling very blessed, w/ enormous gratitude to @rrmcq.bsky.social & @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Truly incredible news! I'm so proud of Leslie...for writing this stunning, propulsive book; for persisting; for being the consummate artist & role model; & for being the best partner ever... We're feeling very blessed, w/ enormous gratitude to @rrmcq.bsky.social & @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
Enjoying it very much, thanks!
(It also works on hammocks, and airplanes, I've discovered...)
(It also works on hammocks, and airplanes, I've discovered...)
July 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Enjoying it very much, thanks!
(It also works on hammocks, and airplanes, I've discovered...)
(It also works on hammocks, and airplanes, I've discovered...)
If you'd like a signed copy of either one of these for the Sealey Challenge, feel free to dm me... 💜
July 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If you'd like a signed copy of either one of these for the Sealey Challenge, feel free to dm me... 💜
Amazing how in the NY Times a monster like "Severe Hunger" can simply rise out of the desert and "grip" an entire "people," who are then "dying of starvation," almost as if there were no calcuated, years-long, genocidal plan of elimination...
July 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Amazing how in the NY Times a monster like "Severe Hunger" can simply rise out of the desert and "grip" an entire "people," who are then "dying of starvation," almost as if there were no calcuated, years-long, genocidal plan of elimination...
Over the moon to have a poem in the latest Kenyon Review, a journal I've always admired... Huge gratitude to the editors! 💜
July 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Over the moon to have a poem in the latest Kenyon Review, a journal I've always admired... Huge gratitude to the editors! 💜
...I thought I'd celebrate my birthday today by sharing a few poems that have come out in the last couple of weeks. Here's one from the latest issue of Swing, with much gratitude to the editors... 💜
July 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
...I thought I'd celebrate my birthday today by sharing a few poems that have come out in the last couple of weeks. Here's one from the latest issue of Swing, with much gratitude to the editors... 💜
Delighted and grateful to have a few poems in The Florida Review! Here's one of them... Big thanks to Poetry Editor, @amico.bsky.social!
July 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Delighted and grateful to have a few poems in The Florida Review! Here's one of them... Big thanks to Poetry Editor, @amico.bsky.social!
In case you're in need of a lovely poem this summer evening...
July 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In case you're in need of a lovely poem this summer evening...
Time to tell Paramount/CBS where they can go...
...and all best wishes to Stephen Colbert!
...and all best wishes to Stephen Colbert!
July 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Time to tell Paramount/CBS where they can go...
...and all best wishes to Stephen Colbert!
...and all best wishes to Stephen Colbert!
probably the coolest thing anyone's ever handed me after a reading...
(I don't know know if they were listening, but they were definitely looking...)
(I don't know know if they were listening, but they were definitely looking...)
July 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
probably the coolest thing anyone's ever handed me after a reading...
(I don't know know if they were listening, but they were definitely looking...)
(I don't know know if they were listening, but they were definitely looking...)
tiny poem from Humberto Ak'abal for #smallpoemsunday
thanks for the nudge from @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
thanks for the nudge from @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
tiny poem from Humberto Ak'abal for #smallpoemsunday
thanks for the nudge from @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
thanks for the nudge from @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
From the forthcoming CLOUDWATCHER, (Copper Canyon), orginally appeared in Poetry Review...
July 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
From the forthcoming CLOUDWATCHER, (Copper Canyon), orginally appeared in Poetry Review...
Hey, ho, look what's up at Verse Daily today! (link in comments...) 💜 Big thanks to ed. JP Dancing Bear for selecting it....
July 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Hey, ho, look what's up at Verse Daily today! (link in comments...) 💜 Big thanks to ed. JP Dancing Bear for selecting it....
Honored and delighted to have this new poem in Swing Lit, (fantastic new print magazine)... Big gratitude to editor, Leigh Anne Couch 💜
July 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Honored and delighted to have this new poem in Swing Lit, (fantastic new print magazine)... Big gratitude to editor, Leigh Anne Couch 💜
Delighted to have a few new poems in Shō Poetry Journal alongside a truly lovely curation of poems... Many thanks to the editors! @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social 💜
July 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Delighted to have a few new poems in Shō Poetry Journal alongside a truly lovely curation of poems... Many thanks to the editors! @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social 💜
Me, (when folks at the BBQ ask about my plans for the rest of the summer...)
July 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Me, (when folks at the BBQ ask about my plans for the rest of the summer...)
A Speech at the Lost and Found
-Wisława Szymborkska
-Wisława Szymborkska
June 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A Speech at the Lost and Found
-Wisława Szymborkska
-Wisława Szymborkska