Oh no! I’ll check with the publisher to see what’s up. Thanks for letting me know. I have some signed copies at home and would be happy to send you one of those instead for the same price. If so just DM me and we’ll get it sorted.

Nobody will ever need you the way a child needs you the very second you sit down on the toilet.

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Calling all writers: can you write a story in 75 words? Exactly 75 words? Paragraph Planet has been publishing one #story every day since 2008. Submit today! (Oh and please share) www.paragraphplanet.com/submission.php

This isn’t a poem about my marriage or even marriage generally.

Thank you, Han 😊

Thanks 😊

midlife by Claire Taylor I wish I could go back hold that girl in my arms & tell her sing your off-key songs the world is deaf to the pleasures of women no one's listening anyway

41 today. Woohoo.

If you’d like to help me celebrate, consider getting a copy of my book, or if you’ve read it and liked it, recommend it to a friend, or request a copy through your library. Or just go out and be kind today and try to enjoy your Monday.

www.publishinggenius.com/catalog/apri...

The Year of "April and Back Again" A year in the life in verse

The good folks at Bardball were kind enough to ask me some questions about my book and about baseball. The interview is up now if you’d like to check it out.

bardball.substack.com/p/the-year-o...

The Jersey Devil surrounded by various explorers instruments like a camera, a compass, and a map

I don't have any clever ad planned to promote my book for today. So...please buy my book, please?

Here's the link
a.co/d/01vfk7Hu

#kidlit #poetry #poetrycommunity

Haven't done this in ages:

Everyone go get a free PDF of anything I've ever published, magazine issue or book. Use code FREEPDF to zero out your bill @ checkout. Choose any PDF at StanchionZine.com/shop (scroll waaaay down to see all the PDFs.

I'm so curious what you'll pick.

The last couple readings I did were at bookstores that were well prepared, which is very cool but also means I didn't need backup copies to sell & now have extras. Anyone want to buy my book straight from me? If yes, DM for Venmo, where to mail, etc.!

lots of enjoyable questions to ponder in this list. thanks so much @robmclennan.bsky.social for the opportunity!

Opening for submissions on Monday April 27th.

www.stanchionzine.com/submissions

Mitchell Nobis's 'The Size of the Horizon, Or, I Explained Everything to the Trees' reviewed by P.W. Bridgman - Plume Mitchell Nobis, The Size of the Horizon, Or, I Explained Everything to the Trees. Match Factory Editions Ltd., 2025. Reviewed by P.W. Bridgman   American poet Mitchell Nobis informs his readers, early...

Here, have a one-stop shopping post of my recent poetry stuff!

1. Book reviewed in Plume:
plumepoetry.com/mitchell-nob...

2. New poem in Inscape:
inscape.byu.edu/2026/04/09/u...

3. Reading this Saturday a half-hour from where I grew up:
www.schulerbooks.com/event/nation...

My 9yo said that when singing Give It Away, Anthony Kiedis kind of sounds like Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons and I can’t unhear it.

How do you get your book reviewed? Like actual reviews not GR reviews or things like. Asking for myself but also for other writers I'll be working with. I've contacted a few places and it's just crickets.

April and Back Again by Claire Taylor - Publishing Genius An intimate year-in-poems capturing the joy and dread of getting older, growing a family, the world’s news … and the miracles—no bigger than a child’s hand—that keep us going.

My birthday is next week and you can celebrate early by buying my book!

www.publishinggenius.com/catalog/apri...

Oddly comforting how, no matter what else is going on in the world, I will reach a point in every day where I think “I would rather die than wear these pants for another single second.”

I can’t explain it, but the successful execution of a necessary errand always makes me feel a little dead inside.

The poem.

A Japanese government worker stands in a bear mask.

A digital lumberjack cuts down the woods. An aurora of polar bears wait within the trees to attack.

The book cover of We're Going on a Bear Hunt.

My new poem "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" is now published at the gorgeous Spring issue of @sixthfinch.bsky.social

sixthfinch.com

I've gotten two really kind notes about TACOMA today, which have just totally made me day/weekend, which I say not to brag (ok, definitely *some* to brag) but as reminder, to myself and also to whoever needs to hear it:

REACH OUT AND LET ARTISTS KNOW WHEN SOMETHING THEY MADE MEANT SOMETHING TO YOU

Here's something I haven't said in a while:

New Mitch poem!

I've sent out very little work over the last couple of years*, but here's one in the Winter '26 Inscape Journal:
inscape.byu.edu/2026/04/09/u...

the air travel equivalent of my kid thinking he knows how to drive because he wins gold cups in Mario Kart Grand Prix

Hey! This week stunk, huh? But poetry will make ya feel better (or commiserate artistically...), so:

1. Click below to register for the reading w/ @chiaradilello.bsky.social, @mgarrigan.bsky.social, & @esylviapoet.bsky.social!!!

2. Click this for previous NAWP readings: bsky.app/profile/nota...

Look, summer camp scheduling is a huge pain in the ass, I get it. But at least it also costs a fortune.

Season one is wrapping up soon, and bonus materials are in the works! Season two comes your way this summer! Poems read by poets. What’s not to love?
Listen on the website or hit the big follow button on this page to go straight to podcast on your preferred platform ➡️ inthreepoems.com

lots of enjoyable questions to ponder in this list. thanks so much @robmclennan.bsky.social for the opportunity!

April and Back Again by Claire Taylor - Publishing Genius An intimate year-in-poems capturing the joy and dread of getting older, growing a family, the world’s news … and the miracles—no bigger than a child’s hand—that keep us going.

My favorite thing is that my sister did the cover art but I also really love so many of the poems in here.

www.publishinggenius.com/catalog/apri...

There are a few friends who I know bought my book but haven’t said anything to me about it yet and I have to keep actively reminding myself that odds are they haven’t read it and not that they read it, thought it was garbage, and are now avoiding me.