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Link in bio for this month's newsletter from Obsidian, with a letter from Editor Duriel E. Harris.

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February 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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For today's Black History Month look at the works of black poets, I'm looking at "Length of the Moon" by the Harlem Renaissance poet Arna Bontemps.
www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/...
Nice imagery in this one!
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Length of Moon by Arna Bontemps
Then the golden hour Will tick its last And the flame will go down in the flower.A briefer length of moon Will mark the... Poem summary, analysis, and meaning
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February 12, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Next Week—An Obsidian Town Hall! Panelists will discuss encounters with visual & sculptural art in writing practice, as part of our Ekphrasis Series. Join us Feb19! Details: obsidianlit.org/obsidian-tow...

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February 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Obsidian Call for Submissions 📣

Submit to Obsidian's themed issue 52.2, Bond of a Nation: Ekphrasis & the Promise of America, edited by Duriel E. Harris & D. Lenaé Littlefield. Deadline: April 1, 2026

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February 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Today in my look at the works of black poets for Black History Month, I'm taking a look at "Like Brothers We Meet" by George Moses Horton.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55903/...
Such hope! Alas, the Civil War never seems to have ended. The strife just took on other forms.
#blackpoets #blackpoetry
Like Brothers We Meet
The soldier no longer shall roam, But soon shall land safely ashore, Each soon will arrive at his own native home, And struggle in warfare no more.
www.poetryfoundation.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Continuing with my look at the works of black poets for Black History Month...
Today's poem by a black poet is a famous work by a famous black poet — "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48989/...
Lovely piece!
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Caged Bird
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of…
www.poetryfoundation.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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In honor of Black History Month, here's the link to another poem by a black poet, this time, "The Song of the Smoke" by Civil Rights leader and intellectual W. E. B. Du Bois.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43025/...
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The Song of the Smoke
I am wreathing broken hearts, I am sheathing love’s light darts; Inspiration of iron times Wedding the toil of toiling climes, Shedding the blood of…
www.poetryfoundation.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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I came across this visceral poem when I was a child, and it opened my eyes.

Still it speaks to this moment, to this suffering, to this scream for liberation.

All of them innocents, yes.

"America Bleeds" by Angelo Lewis, 1973

#poetry #Blackpoetry #ACAB
America Bleeds by Angelo Lewis it does, it does, i have seen it bleeding, brothers & sisters, i have seen it, i have seen it, come rushing, walk crippled fall flatly on tears of sad streets where creatures fall onward with cold eyes over them, armies on streets over them, police on pavements over them, tear gas in faces over them, fires & minds, living dreams living, all of them innocents, yes, yes, i have seen it, it bleeds, it bleeds, i have seen it bleed, spill blood at my brothers, cough no at our dignity, i tell you, i tell you, we must, kick on this monster, till it dies, till it dies, dies, dies, dies, dies, lies in the dirt with its blood & its sickness, head fall rolling in gutter, red, white, & blue, flow freely, flow freely, move over, fall down, down, down, be finished at last
January 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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Happy New Year! Celebrating over 50 years of publishing with you! 🎉 🥳

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January 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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December 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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December 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Congrats to all the Pushcart Prize nominees! 🔥

Chaun Ballard
Liza Michelle Bevams
Justin Danzy
Asli Mahdi
Dana Murphy
Arianne Elena Payne

You can find their works in Obsidian 49.2 and 50.1

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December 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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#poetryofthedark
#darkverse
#shadowpoetry
#blackpoetry
#noirpoetry
December 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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This is one of my favorite pieces.

THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

—Gwendolyn Brooks

#GwendolynBrooks #BlackPoetry #PoetryOfBluesky #BIPOCVoices #Booksky
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Call for Submissions: Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Spring 2026--Environmental Reckonings)--Deadline December 12

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December 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I wrinkled my nose @ scents of a technological onion in #2025,
& being the #MWGIC,
I wrote of the time that #poetry became wild & dangerous,
4suddenly #poets were the geniuses of tech,
And where there is #blackpoetry there must be #whitepoetry, & maybe gray, like #magic

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Scientists Discover Universal Jailbreak for Nearly Every AI, and the Way It Works Will Hurt Your Brain
A simple trick involving poetry is enough to jailbreak the tech industry's leading AI models, researchers found.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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I actually like how this poem turned out. So, I'm gonna share it before I find something wrong with it and change my mind. #Blackpoetry #Blackpoet #intimatepoetry #poem
A screenshot of a poem in white letters on a black background lined to look like notebook paper. The poem has the bold and underlined title "Sweet Enrapture". It reads as follows: I want to inhale you into the depths of me like you are breath itself, become one with you like roots in earth and blossom forth into a pleasure untold. To consume your immenseness into my depths, feeling you blend into me, a warm pulsating fullness in the soft embrace of my most sacred spaces. I want to envelop you welcomingly into the purest of ecstasies, intertwining and unraveling all at once, becoming the most beautiful scene of hedonistic passion wrapped in sweet reunion.
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Speaking thoroughly
Points observed and challenging
A tea cup painting

#haikufeels (speak) #dailyhaikuprompt (tea) #blacksky #art
#3lines #blackpoetry #blueskypoets

#makesomenoise
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Pine cones decorate
Among colorful fashions
Becoming mature

#dailyhaikuprompt (pine) #blacksky #art
#3lines #blackpoetry #poetsofbluesky

#makesomenoise
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Gingerbread cookies
Plated, waiting to be dipped
Enjoyed flavors

#haiku4u (gingerbread) #blacksky #art
#3lines #blackpoetry #blueskypoets

#makesomenoise
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Mandala these fabrics
Materials of color
A finished product

#haikuchallenge (mandala) #blacksky #art
#3lines #blackpoetry #poetsofbluesky

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November 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Fireplace smolders
Chipped blazes of small timbers
Roasting for hours

#dailyhaikuprompt (fireplace) #blacksky #art
#blackpoetry #3lines #blueskypoets

#makesomenoise
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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An early Haki Madhubuti book of poetry from when he was writing as Don L. Lee, from 1970! And signed?!?! A mainstay of Chicago's poetry scene (plus, plus so much more) for decades.
#BookSky #BlackPoetry
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM