The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me / and I wake in the night at the least sound / in fear of what...

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water..."
~Wendell Berry

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom."
~Anaïs Nin

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"love is believable
in every moment of exhaustion
in every heartbroken home
in every dark spirit,
the meaning unfolds..."
~Lisa Zaran

Three Line Thursday 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. #TLT - April 16, 2026, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤...

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The Time I Like Best - The Time I Like Best Poem by Roger McGough Read The Time I Like Best poem by Roger McGough written. The Time I Like Best poem is from Roger McGough poems. The Time I Like Best poem summary, analysis and comments.

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"The time I like best is 6am
when the snow is 6 inches deep
which I'm yet to discover
'cause I'm under the covers
fast, fast asleep. "
~Roger McGough

April 15, 2026 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 challenge 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. Can you write a compelling story in exactly 100 words? 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤… unleash your imagination and participate directly on our blog weekly. #100WW

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Longing - Longing Poem by Sara Teasdale Read Longing poem by Sara Teasdale written. Longing poem is from Sara Teasdale poems. Longing poem summary, analysis and comments.

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"I am not sorry for my soul
That it must go unsatisfied,
For it can live a thousand times,
Eternity is deep and wide. "
~Sara Teasdale

Warning - Warning Poem by Jenny Joseph Read Warning poem by Jenny Joseph written. Warning poem is from Jenny Joseph poems. Warning poem summary, analysis and comments.

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and..."
~ Jenny Joseph

𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (𝐕𝐨𝐥 𝟕, 𝐢.𝟏) Ten years ago, we started a little lit mag. Look at us now!

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“Where flowers bloom so does hope” — Lady Bird Johnson

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Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep - Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep Poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye Read Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye written. Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep poem is from Mary Elizabeth Frye poems. Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep poem summary,…

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow..."
~Mary Elizabeth Frye

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand... "
~Christina Georgina Rossetti

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𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (𝐕𝐨𝐥 𝟕, 𝐢.𝟏) Ten years ago, we started a little lit mag. Look at us now!

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“Where flowers bloom so does hope” — Lady Bird Johnson

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If If you can't wait to pick a book right now And read it through until the very end To find out who did what, and why, and how, Then—lucky you!—you're a…

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"If you can't wait to pick a book right now
And read it through until the very end
To find out who did what, and why, and how,..."
~KAREN JO SHAPIRO

Three Line Thursday 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. #TLT - April 9, 2026, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤...

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Trees I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks…

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree..."
~ Joyce Kilmer

April 8, 2026 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 challenge 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. Can you write a compelling story in exactly 100 words? 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤… unleash your imagination and participate directly on our blog weekly. #100WW

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Dreams Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.   Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen…

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams..."
~ Langston Hughes

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"There are some nights when
sleep plays coy,
aloof and disdainful.
And all the wiles
that I employ to win..."
~Maya Angelou

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Elegy & what if hope crashes through the door what if that lasts a somersault? hope for serendipity even if a series of meals were all between us even if…

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"& what if hope crashes through the door what if
that lasts a somersault?
hope for serendipity ..."
~Mong-Lan

us in your arms it was incredibly often enough to be  in your arms careful as we had to be at times about the I.V. catheter in my hand, or my wrist, or my…

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨!

"in your arms
it was incredibly often
enough to be
in your arms
careful as we had to be at times
about the I.V. catheter..."
~Tory Dent

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Journal cover. Title: ink in thirds 10th anniversary issue. Art work: a digital collage of imagist bird of many colors in foreground,. Background is abstract lines and circles and more

For the fourth time!!!! So so thrilled to have artwork in @inkinthirds.bsky.social 10th Anniversary issue. A beautiful journal with absolutely stunning work, page after page after page. #Imagine #visualart #mixedmedia #poetry #prose

Hey, my watercolor erasure, “Portrait of Late-discovery Adoptee as Californian: Hummingbird Moth” is in the new issue of Ink in Thirds!
Super big thanks to the editors. Get a copy here ⤵️

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Happy to have two poems in this beautiful issue!

vol 7 i.1 - Ink In Thirds “Where flowers bloom so does hope” — Lady Bird Johnson. Come explore more in our 10th Anniversary Issue: vol 7, i.1...

My poem "Dahlias" appears today in the beautiful 10th anniversary issue of Ink In Thirds. Thanks to Grace Black and @inkinthirds.bsky.social for including me. You can sample the issue with the link below or digitally download the entire issue at a reasonable price. inkinthirds.org/vol-7-i-1/

It's pub day for the 10th Anniversary edition of @inkinthirds.bsky.social. My piece 'skip to the end' can be found in it.

The Ink in Thirds 10th anniversary edition is out now! Here you'll find my story "Things I Would Tell You" along with many more literary gems and gorgeous art. Check out the preview and grab a copy.
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𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭 - Michael Mintrom 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 - 𝐕𝐨𝐥. 𝟕, 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝟏 go read “Picasso Museum” on our website!

inkinthirds.org/vol-7-i-1/ Such a full and vibrant issue, available now.