Hope you love the new episode! 💜

Poetry has always been there for me when I needed it, and I’m particularly grateful to have it in the midst of an ongoing difficult situation. I also want to thank everyone that has reached out to me—it means a great deal to me to have so much support. ❤️

I wound up with this unusual indentation following a great editing conversation with Tim on how to best structure this. Since this feels like a mini braid poem, I like that it has shades of how David Kirby structures his extraordinary braids, as in his poem “The Fates.”

My prompt this week for Rattle is to “Write a new rondeau that features an unusual noun that begins with the same letter of your first name.”

I’m calling this a broken rondeau—in part because lf there’s a third “A” rhyme with the first iteration of the refrain.

In this week's episode of The Poetry Space_ with @katiedozier.bsky.social, two of my favorite poets go head to head in another date nite duel: Stephen Dunn vs. Kay Ryan. Three rounds. Three random poems. Lots of funny outfits.

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ep. 104 - The Imagists Podcast Episode · The Poetry Space_ · 06/13/2025 · 55m

At the Table for episode 104:

Katie Dozier
Timothy Green
Joe Barca
Dick Westheimer
Brian O’Sullivan

Here’s the link; hope you enjoy!

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Other members included along with H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), Richard Aldington, William Carlos Williams, Amy Lowell, and F.S. Flint.

On today’s episode of The Poetry Space_ we explored the Imagists, and the roots of their lasting influence.

A little over a century ago, Ezra Pound corralled a group known as the Imagists that would have a profound effect on poetry as we know it. A controversial figure, Pound explored and enlivened the economy of language and rich images that became founding principles of the group.

Thanks also to Timothy Green who not only encouraged me to start submitting my poems again, but also came up with the title!

I’m also extremely excited to see that John Arthur is the grand prize winner; I believe his poem “Wayfare” was the first prompt poem I recommended for publication in a print issue of Rattle. I think it’s perfect that George Bilgere picked his chapbook as they are two of my favorite poets!

Super excited to be the Editor’s Choice Award Winner for the Poetry Box 2025 Chapbook Prize! A big thank you to Shawn Sanders for all the work she puts into running the Poetry Box—I love her poetry so it is an especially meaningful honor.

I picked a chef who died before I was born, who taught the first chef that I learned (a great deal from) in culinary school—so I suppose he’d be extra surprised to hear from me!

Excited to hear your prompt poems tonight!

Here’s my prompt poem this week, which I’ll read live later in the Rattlecast, following Tim’s conversation with Kat Lehmann Blount tonight!

My prompt this week is to: “Write a postcard poem to someone that would be very surprised to hear from you.”

That’s so wonderful to hear! Hope you have an incredible time writing ❤️

Thank you, Katie. I’ve been doom scrolling since I woke up and your post reminded me that today is the day I start my self-funded camping residency at a pond in the Adirondacks. For the next two weeks, I’m going to be writing a poem. Hopefully many. Thank you for all you do for the poet community.

These episodes made me long for those with opposite opinions (a deacon and an atheist in this) to seek commonality instead of endlessly pointing out differences which, thanks to our negativity bias, are always easier to spot.

I found it enlightening; hope you do too!