Sandra Lim, "Small Container, Fury"

Rae Armantrout, “Hung”

Rae Armantrout, “Conjure”

Micah Marie Johnson, “With The Lights On”

Michael Montlack, "Toast"

Ruth Awad, "The Chariot"

hi i'm here for my annual personal post on this blog <3

I hope everyone is as good as they can be given the times. I truly believe art as therapy is the future of personal medication. Both in creation and experience. I've been trying to read more poetry lately as I've fallen into the habit of only reading non fiction. I'm not setting a 'goal' by any means but I am hoping to sink my teeth into more good stuff this year.

If anyone has any recommendations for collections or essays, I'm all ears <3

reminder that I am also @bravecitizen

Richard Blanco

Richard Blanco, "Shaving"

Olalekan Daniel Kehinde, "Rebirth"

Kwame Boateng, "Sinnerman"

Richard Blanco, "Visiting Elizabeth: A Glosa"

Richard Blanco, "The Splintering"

Joyce Carol Oates, "The Mercy"

I know it’s not much in the face of everything but I have been finding hope & resilience in palestinian poetry these past few weeks and I created a google drive file of poetry collections by palestinian poets that I will keep updating as I keep on reading. I also recommend checking out @fiercynn’s palestinian poets series for more poets + poetry available online

fr. "Green Pears" by Mary Ruefle

Sandra Lim, "A Walk Round The Park"