herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My poem “summer,” just published in @thenureview.bsky.social Thank you, Editor Jordan Davis! So happy to be part of this inspired journal. “summer” is from my book Nights Moving Through The House, forthcoming from @tupelopress.bsky.social. 033
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Online reading for Lily Poetry Review’s Summer 2026 issue. Thanks editor @eileencleary123.bsky.social for including “Fresco” from my forthcoming book Nights Moving Through The House Sunday, Sept. 20, 2 pm ET Free to the public. www.eventbrite.com/e/1999932569... @tupelopress.bsky.social 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026For today. From Brenda Coultas’s wonderful book A Handmade Museum. 010
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Excited that I have poems coming out soon in The Nu Review, a wonderful journal and growing community of poets. My first poem is about summer. Stay tuned! @thenureview.bsky.social 010
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Another favorite, “Wasps’ Nest” by Mary Ruefle mckenzielynntozan.com/reading-mary... 010
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 14/08/2026From Polish poet Anna Swir I Wash The Shirt www.ronnowpoetry.com/contents/swi... photo by cottonbro 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 08/08/2026this quiet seeing—WC Williams The Sleeping Brute For three years at evening the sparrow has come under the porch roof to sleep. What has this to do with the war in Europe? For three years winter and summer the same sparrow with covered head asleep among the gray shadows Photo by J A 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Haiku She’s put the child to sleep and now she washes clothes under the summer moon. Issa translator, Robert Hass 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 10/07/2026From Rexroth’s volume of translations One Hundred Poems From The Chinese, possibly the first poetry book I ever owned, falling apart from love on my shelf. 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Thrilled that my poem “April” appears in The Westchester Review’s summer issue. Grateful to Editor Amy Ralston Seife, and Poetry Editors Anne Graue and Amy Holman for selecting it. fyi: the poem is a Japanese form, haibun, which combines prose and haiku. www.westchesterreview.com/hermine-mein... 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Robert Creeley brings alive individual moments —this one from childhood—so beautifully. 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Two recent anniversaries at home: Blondie’s birthday and gotcha day! 010
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 12/05/2026My reading for Overhear at the Urbane Arts Club is Thursday! Details below. www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail... 010
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Come hear me read from Nights Moving Through The House, my new book of poems forthcoming from Tupelo Press in the wonderful Overhear series. In an old Victorian mansion (once a synagogue, once a speakeasy!) in Brooklyn. Along with three extraordinary poets. www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...urbanebrooklyn.comOverhear Poetry Reading | The UrbaneA reading series showcasing new and established poets, right here in the parlor room. Doors at 7:00, show at 7:30pm. 010
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 17/04/2026The trees flowering in my NYC neighborhood brought to mind Basho’s haiku. From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall. Basho translator, Robert Hass 020
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Write a poem every week in-person in my class: Write New Poems! at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan Weds, April 29—June 17, 7—9 pm Or take a free one-evening class: Images: A Free Poetry Workshop Thurs. April 16, 7—9 pm Register on my website: www.herminemeinhard.com/classes 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Passover is a holiday I relish spending with my family. An unexpected excitement this Wednesday shortly before the holiday began was watching the take-off of Artemis II. Film of the take-off www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1rb... Astronauts’ photo of the earth www.space.com/space-explor... 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 27/03/2026A magical poem of Jean Valentine’s. Quiet. Memory. Spring. 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Beautiful poem by Jessica Greenbaum www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi... photo by Yappey Yong 011
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 13/03/2026My new poetry collection, Nights Moving Through The House, will be published by the wonderful Tupelo Press in 2028! Read "bare feet," the first poem in Calul Journal’s folio In a Time of War, just out. A link to the issue, thank you and more in comments. 100
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Read “Letter to N.Y.” (link in comments) Elizabeth Bishop wrote it for her friend Louise Crane—a letter-poem. Jot down notes about a person, a moment. Gaze at Hopper’s painting “Morning Sun” and take notes: what sensations and associations come up? Now write, perhaps addressing your friend. 110
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 27/02/2026“Avenue A,” a Frank O’Hara poem that I rarely see discussed. So O’Hara, alive and moving. Especially love the moon and the city. 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 20/02/2026To begin writing today Read “October Light” by Charles Simic Think of a person from your life. Jot down sense memories—appearance, voice, place. Gaze at the photo, take notes: sights, associations, sensations. Begin to write freely, drawing on your notes. www.newyorker.com/magazine/199... 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 13/02/2026my lookout. . . helping me pack 😍😸 010
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Stanley Kunitz “Halley’s Comet” Another favorite poem: the emotions, fear and excitement of the boy, calling out to Father. writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3F... Photo by Guillermo Ferla 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Sean Singer’s Today In The Taxi (prose poems) draws on Singer’s years driving a cab in New York City. Many voices: the poet, passengers, Kafka, Charles Mingus and the Lord in the form of a woman. youtu.be/WXRbODSakI4?... www.seansingerpoetry.com/today-in-the... tupelopress.org/bookstore/p/...youtu.beB SHARP BLUES by Sean SingerYouTube video by Sean Singer 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 23/01/2026from my window: New York City, snow 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 16/01/2026“Of His Life,” by Wayne Dodd A quiet poem with a surprising character captures the moment beautifully. www.blueridgejournal.com/poems/wd-lif... photo by Mariana Mishina 010
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 09/01/2026early afternoon, New York City 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 03/01/2026How much the feel of winter and childhood in this poem by David Baker www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 05/12/2025 My arm for a pillow, I really like myself under the hazy moon. Buson translated by Robert Hass a beautiful full moon last night in New York photo by Ian Nicole Reambonanza 010
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 14/11/2025 I go, you stay; two autumns. Buson November, New York City 030
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 07/11/2025gaze here/take notes/listen: the Milky Way seen from the salt flats www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/u... Hilary Hahn and Cory Smythe “Mercy” by Max Richter www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz_b... then begin to write—draw on your notes—letting any new thoughts and images in, writing very freely 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 30/10/2025A lovely find: spring poem by W.S. Merlin Black Cherries photo by jogsplash www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/158649... 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 16/10/2025 Deep autumn— my neighbor, how does he live, I wonder? Basho translated by Robert Hass Photo by Lea 010
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 09/10/2025living room meditation As the sound fades, the scent of the flowers comes up— the evening bell. Basho translator, Robert Hass 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Along The Grand Canal Hoar frost has congealed On the deck Of my little boat. The water Is clear and still. Cold stars beyond counting Swim alongside. Thick reeds hide the shore. You’d think you’d left the earth. Suddenly there breaks in Laughter and song. Ch’in Kuan translator, Kenneth Rexroth 010
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 25/09/2025An antidote to the blank page. Take notes on the Manet painting. What do you see? (5-7 mins) Then write down impressions of a particular time in your life, what did you see, hear, taste, smell, feel (5-7 mins). Begin to write; use any language from your notes. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...metmuseum.orgEdouard Manet - The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil - The Metropolitan Museum of Art<b>The Painting:</b> In the summer of 1874, Edouard Manet was living and working in the suburbs of Paris alongside his younger Impressionist friends. He now embraced their images of leisure painted ou... 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025The Lamb by Linda Gregg from Chosen by the Lion Photo by Kat Smith 000
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Excited that my poem “Hermina leaves the house” appears in the Fall 2025 issue of San Pedro River Review. Thank you to Editors JC and Tobi Alfier for choosing it. Hermina, my paternal grandmother, appears as a character in my new manuscript. 020
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 29/08/2025In Joe Elliot’s poems: presence of the world, family, objects, people, creatures. Reading so many posts from people bringing their kids to college for the first time, I thought of this poem. This is from Joe’s book Idea for a B-Movie. His most recent book: spuytenduyvil.net/contact---ma... 010
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Delighted that my poem “here today” appears in the August issue of Stone Poetry Quarterly. Thank you to Editor D. Ward Hey for selecting it. “here today” is from my new manuscript. stonepoetryjournal.com/hermine-mein... 020
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Ama Codjoe is a poet new to me, who I discovered in The Best American Poetry 2024. Exceptional tenderness, beauty, vision. @nybooks.com www.tupeloquarterly.com/uncategorize... 040
Reposted by @herminemeinhard.bsky.socialJordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 03/08/2025My third book for the Sealey challenge is @herminemeinhard.bsky.social’s Bright Turquoise Umbrella. 152
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Summer and a poem by the wonderful Wendy Chen August 18th From the summer porch, I watch the night-blooming cereus. Its flowering past the hour. O, maternal voice, paternal voice— their laughter through the screen. Smell of bread, still warm, being broken. Wendy Chen 020
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 24/07/2025New York City One morning early in the pandemic, walking, I found birdhouses newly placed on the trees of 81st Street. Each one a little different. They are with us still, and also the hope they spoke of in these uncertain days. 010
herminemeinhard.bsky.social @herminemeinhard.bsky.social · 17/07/2025“Talk,” by Mary A. Koncel “Talk,” a moving prose poem, which is a hybrid form that appears on the page as prose—in paragraphs—but works in ways similar to poetry, through image, association, compression. @tupelopress.bsky.social 031
