Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Kaitlyn Teer. Text is “In coastal regions around the world, the rising seas and raging storms of a warming climate are exposing the footprints of ancient humans."

Here's an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Kaitlyn Teer.

The Heaviness (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter David K. Rea. Text is “You, who loved so well, loved the flutter of your freedom more.” 

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When My Bluebird Made Me Blue

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“nothing changes,” she mutters
“nothing changes,” menacing lower lip
“nothing changes.”

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Josh Griffin. Text is “yes, I am what flying feels like – for I am free with nature.” 

Here's a powerful excerpt of a poem from #JackStrawWriter Josh Griffin.

Middle Fork (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Michael Overa. Text is “They are kids that look at "real punks" with something like fear and giddiness.”

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No Way Home (excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Amontaine Aurore. Text is “I had never seen a Black Santa before ours, and always wanted to believe we started the trend.”

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Yes Ruby, There Is a Black Santa Claus, 1969 (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Sylvia Byrne Pollack. Text is “Your voice is important. When the day comes to let it fly, watch where it soars.”

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Word Work (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter E.J. Batiste. Text is “Goddess, goddess, goddess, I shall be.”

Let this poem from #JackStrawWriter @ejbatiste.bsky.social resonate with you.

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter José Luis Montero. Text is “Each region in Mexico has its own distinctive oral cadence and pronunciation"

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Uprooted (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Alison Stagner. Text is “If you walk backwards long enough, does the moon dim?"

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Marchpast

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Suzanne Warren. Text is “It felt like satin, but tasted sour.”

Here’s an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Suzanne Warren.

Fireflies (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Grace Jahng Lee. Text is “I know by feel. Rice bag is exactly 50 pounds. I carry it many times in my life.”

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Meat Means Love (excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Greg November Text is “Just before impact, he glimpsed the driver: a mess of dark hair, one hand on the wheel."

Let's take a break and read this excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Greg November's work.

Four-Way Stop (Excerpt)

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It's #WorldOrcaDay! Listen to #JackStrawWriter Catherine DeNardo's writing about orcas.

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Catherine DeNardo. Text is "Some calls sound like squeaky shoes or a clown bending balloons."

Ahead of #WorldOrcaDay, here's a little bit about how they communicate, courtesy of #JackStrawWriter Catherine DeNardo

A Killer Whale Calls (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Brandon Young. Text is “What was left was outfits. What was left was her."

We're closing out the month with an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Brandon Young.

Jane Wong (Excerpt)

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Today's excerpt comes from #JackStrawWriter @stayseajackson.bsky.social‬.

The Dim (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Brian Dang. Text is "We threw away the unsalvageable shards."

#AAPIMonth is coming to an end. Let's close out with an excerpt from a poem by #JackStrawWriter Brian Dang.

Dear Grandma,

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Mia Tong. Text is “A woman’s hands on a boy. What use is that in the fields?"

Here's an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Mia Tong's work. Hear more at the last night of the Jack Straw May Reading Series, happening tonight at 7pm!

The Parasol Maker (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Monique Ouk. Text is “This is what stays with me: my mother, barefoot, crying on the street.”

Check out this powerful poem from #JackStrawWriter Monique Ouk. Hear more at the Jack Straw May Reading Series, happening the first three Fridays of this month!

Cambodia Remembers Gaza

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Robert Lashley. Text is “The glory, not for you but your whippings, your blood trials by fire with you on top the cards stacked so heavy in your favor."

Let's kick off #PoetryMonth with an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter @robertlashley.bsky.social.

Pyrrhic Victory at the Corner Exhibition Match
(I flip a title of a Jean Toomer poem)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Leanne Dunic. Text is “A woman behind the counter traces the mane of her companion."

We've got an excerpt from Leanne Dunic's work to kick off the weekend.

Wet (An Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Emily Parzybok. Text is “It’s not unlike the relief of throwing up food you wish you hadn’t eaten."

Today's excerpt comes to us from #JackStrawWriter Emily Parzybok.

An Easier Story (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Daemond Arrindell. Text is “I opened the lock with the hammer of my voice and out came a sigh."

We've got an excerpt for you from #JackStrawWriter Daemond Arrindell.

Unchaining

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Helen K. Thomas. Text is “For what it’s worth, no matter what, you’ll never be a ghost to me.” 

Let's kick off #BlackHistoryMonth with an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Helen K. Thomas.

Maybe This Time (Excerpt)

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Happy New Year to all who are celebrating!

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It’s the start of Þorrablót! Eliot is here to tell us more about this Icelandic holiday: www.jackstraw.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/...

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt of a poem from #JackStrawWriter Dujie Tahat. Text is “There isn’t much I’m proud of my father for, but his refusal to fit into the caricature made of him is surely one"

Here's an excerpt from one of #JackStrawWriter Dujie Tahat's sonnets.

sonnet on fatherhood with Mahmoud Darwish (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt of a poem from #JackStrawWriter Sylvia Byrne Pollack. Text is “It all comes down to those poisonous spine-covered creatures, expectations."

We've got an excerpt for you today from #JackStrawWriter Sylvia Byrne Pollack.

Questioning My Selves (Excerpt)

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