@poetry.foundationSting in the silver.
Ōe says
many children were told and some believed that when the war was over
the emperor would wipe away their tears
with his own hand.
—Anne Carson, who received this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. #PoemOfTheDay https://bit.ly/4hT8bet
@rahlooho.bsky.social
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@davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.socialToday is #WorldMentalHealthDay
People you care about will be feeling like the speaker in this poem. Check in on them. #AskTwice
If you are feeling like the speaker reach out for help
What we need most is love & what we need to do most is give love
@jblewis.bsky.social
@uniquelyartsy.bsky.social"Always worrying if you're okay, wondering why I can't be part of your world; what it is I lack."
#uniquelyartsy #poetry #poems #poetrylover #writersandpoets #poem #mytruth #goodvibes #poetrycommunity #poetrywriter #writerscommunity #poetryreading #originalpoem #poemoftheday #poetic #poeticvibes
@davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.socialThis poem sets out the body as wounded and miraculous.
It is about survival & reclamation of power
There is such depth in the images, there is music in these lines, this is a poem to read out loud and slowly
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#blackhistorymonth
@thehokagepoet.bsky.socialso sorry for not posting on wednesday this week! i had literally not realized it was that day for some reason and felt bad, so for that, i am posting today and tomorrow and on monday, i’ll be back on schedule 💖 #poetofinstagram #poemoftheday #poetry #instapoetrycommunity
@torpor-chamber.bsky.socialIn honor of her Nobel Prize, #poemoftheday is my favorite, "The Glass Essay" by Anne Carson
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/...
"Black open water comes
curdling up like anger. My mother speaks suddenly.
That psychotherapy’s not doing you much good is it?"
@jblewis.bsky.social
@davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.socialThis poem speaks of the intersection between race & gender. How a lack of role models can place self-limits on one’s aspirations
But there is resilience and self-reliance too – not as a romantic notion, but a necessity
‘a bridge between starshine and clay’
@poetry.foundationI am learning
how to call my
self, how to put my mouth
on whatever i like.
—Destiny O. Birdsong with the #PoemOfTheDay on International Lesbian Day https://bit.ly/4rlTkgW
@rahlooho.bsky.socialA Song in the Front Yard by Gwendolyn Brooks
po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-so...
#GwendolynBrooks #ASongInTheFrontYard #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes #Poems #AmericanPoetry #NorthAmericanPoetry #20thCenturyPoetry #PulitzerPrize
@jblewis.bsky.social
@uniquelyartsy.bsky.social"My relationships with people have a history of not being so great."
#uniquelyartsy #poetry #poems #poetrylover #writersandpoets #poem #mytruth #goodvibes #poetrycommunity #poetrywriter #writerscommunity #poetryreading #originalpoem #poemoftheday #poetic #poeticvibes #ownpoem #poetryforlife #realme
@davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.socialI can’t help but notice the irony that World Cotton Day occurs during Black History month.
The poem imagines a future in which liberty isn’t an abstract concept or political slogan but a everyday reality.
Recently it feels like we are going backwards
@poetry.foundationDown a road
where people are asleep. Towards
the moon or the shadows of houses.
Towards the songs’ pretended sea.
—Amiri Baraka was born #OnThisDay in 1934. #PoemOfTheDay https://bit.ly/4yQ2ViK
@torpor-chamber.bsky.social#poemoftheday is "The Mechanics of Dying" by jason b crawford
"So what if my blood is just a skulk of violent foxes racing towards an unending forest?"
@jblewis.bsky.social
@uniquelyartsy.bsky.social"Most, if not all of us have used a Pro/Con list to make major decisions in our lives."
#uniquelyartsy #poetry #poems #poetrylover #writersandpoets #poem #mytruth #goodvibes #poetrycommunity #poetrywriter #writerscommunity #poetryreading #originalpoem #poemoftheday #poetic #poeticvibes #ownpoem