...and thank you, friends, when last spring the hyacinth bells rang
and the crocuses flaunted
their upturned skirts, and a quiet roved
the beehive which when I entered
were snugged two or three dead
fist-sized clutches of bees between the frames,
almost clinging to one another,
this one’s tiny […]
The beautiful power of a run on sentence to open us up to something bigger, more expansive #expansive #rossgay #awe #flowers #delight
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"In the Night Sky Petunia’s depth,
I see supernovae frozen mid-burst—
each white speck a distant sun
winking at my mortal hands
that dare to water infinity." Ross Gay (2015)
#photography #flower #NightSkyPetunia #petunia #cosmos #universe #poetry #RossGay #NaturePhotography #PhotoOfTheDay
Up now on the pod: stewarding the practices of joy, especially in doom times. A chat about the brilliance of #rossgay 's Inciting Joy, with @leeleewilma.bsky.social. #booksky #joy open.spotify.com/episode/7uGw...
Check out the latest from An Uncommon Commute: Threads and Through Lines, featuring #iconicwomen #authenticself #joydivision #badbunny #maná #rossgay and #doodles —and more on this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominations from @charleshughes2.bsky.social.
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Am I becoming a…poet?
#poetry #rossgay #mondaysarefree #art #illustration #sandhillcranes #spirituality
Stack of books with The Book of delights The reformatory Good Dirt The Lost Story
#bookhaul
Lots of great Feb reads. Thanks #VillageBookstore Pleasantville
#RossGay
@tananarivedue.bsky.social
#CharmaineWilkerson
@megshaffer.bsky.social
In the spirit of mixing up the Bluesky feed, for the next twenty days I'm going to post one poem a day that has stayed with me. 12/20 poets.org/poem/small-n... #rossgay #ericgarner #poetry #blacklivesmatter #blackhistorymonth
#BookRecommendations
Working on reading all of #abbiwaxman novels and I want to read the 2nd Inciting Joy by #rossgay Lived and learned much from the first, here.
ArtBBQ Studio Playlist 2024 #43: Stevie Ada Klaark https://artbbq.nl/2024-43-stevie-ada-klaark/
Artists share their favorite music with each other. Find new music and see if it resonates with the creative output.
ArtBBQ Studio Playlist 2024 #43: Stevie Ada Klaark
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#studioplaylist #yearendlist #artbbq
#Slowspin #EmahoyTsegeMariamGebru #Laraaji #LaurieAnderson #SessionVictim
#Mitski #GlennGould #AliceColtrane #Nemahsis #RossGay #GiaMargaret
#stevieadaklaark @stevieada.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
14/20
#RossGay #TheBookOfDelights #BooksThatStayedWithYou #BooksOfBlueSky #BookSky
Share 20 poems that have stayed with you. One poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 5
#PoemSky 📝✍️
#Poetry
#PoemChallenge
#PoetryIsNotALuxury
#RossGay #SorrowIsNotMyName
#EyrePeninsula. 🧵1/5
Sorrow Is Not My Name
Ross Gay
—after Gwendolyn Brooks
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 1/20.
#books
#booksky
#20bookchallenge
#thebookofdelights
#rossgay
I used these anthologies of contemporary poets as a book group. Crews makes it easy with group questions at the end and individual journaling ones sprinkled in. #poetry #poems #jamescrews #nikitagill #rosemarywahtolateommer #amandagorman #joyharjo #rossgay so many more
Poem for Thanksgiving. From Ross Gay's book, Against Which: bookshop.org/a/862/978193...
#poetry #rossgay #books #writers #poets
Thankful to be having chicken and waffles at my favorite local place. Classic country music on the radio, reading a book about joy. This is my idea of a holiday. #rossgay #booksky
This poem right here.
#poetry #poem #Rossgay #grounding #spiritual #blacksky
A smiling white woman (Abby Manzella) with long hair and glasses is pictured in the lower right corner of the picture, with a quote from her article on the left. The quote reads, "We’ve also discussed the powerful distillation of language and ideas in flash… in Gay's "Hole in the Head” his seemingly small pleasure of hearing the titular vernacular phrase eventually becomes both the symbolic and literal topic of the piece. This wandering linguistic association creates a sense of movement that is meditative/assaying as well as lyric. This analysis adds to the class’s growing understanding that there is more than one way to tell their stories—that creative nonfiction isn’t just about moving from point A to point B or sharing what happened. In Search of Delight (à la Ross Gay) at the Art Museum: A Writing Exercise with Pen in Hand Abby Manzella Assay 11.1 (Fall 2024)
Ross Gay offers a blueprint for delight and craft for Abby Manzella and her nonfiction class at Truman State University in this fall's issue of Assay.
Read Manzella’s thoughts at the link below:
tinyurl.com/2mnsv6kz
#AssayJournal #AssayPedagogy #CNF #Nonfiction #RossGay #AbbyManzella #CraftTalk
Gearing up to teach #RossGay ‘s book length poem beholding and talk about artists who make through a deep sense of time.
I love this book. Hoping to avoid getting dusty-eyed in the lecture.
Two nights ago, I finally watched the #TorontoPublicLibrary crowdcast intvw of #RossGay by #CheleneKnight.
So impressed: a natural and meaningful conversation over the course of an hour, great takeaways, and an abundance of inspiration. Still thinking about it!
crowdcast.io/c/tpl-ross-gay
Hyped I got to talk about some poetic faves: including @nktgill #CarlosAndresGomez #MonicaSok #PamelaSneed & #RossGay thx @Powells 🖤
Real Poet's Poet: 11 Favorite Poets on What They're Reading for Poetry Month - ...
Had to add the trifecta: @IBJIYONGI & #pamelasneed are supreme. And this collection of hope with a foreword from #RossGay *library kiss*
listening to #Motown playlist & reading re-reading #RossGay 's Catalog Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude is like a true elixir for this winter depression. #jussayin
Because @pswordwoman @patrickrosal #aracelis #rossgay @yeseniamontilla @duhmilo #idrissasimmonds & & & keep me writing & searching & alive
