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Sarah Kay

@kaysarahsera.bsky.social
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Sarah Kay @kaysarahsera.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
First time sharing poems in Tempe, AZ tonight! Free! www.changinghands.com/event/april2...
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Rachel @tunesandtales.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
There was a Bookshop package waiting for me when I got home from work today and as I brought it in I was thinking "Who ordered me a book??" It turns out the answer is "Me, ages ago." I forgot I'd pre-ordered @kaysarahsera.bsky.social's new poetry collection. 😂 What a pleasant surprise!
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Darien Library @darienlibrary.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
We are thrilled to share our staff picks from Darien Library's Spring Book Preview from February 13, 2025. Kristen starts us off with "A Little Daylight Left" by @kaysarahsera.bsky.social Place your hold at tinyurl.com/26ubfnbh #BookSky #NationalPoetryMonth
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New America @newamerica.org · 21/03/2025
This #WorldPoetryDay, we celebrate the profound impact of poetry as a form of artistic expression and mirror to our shared human experiences. The Thread highlights New America Fellows and acclaimed poets @kaysarahsera.bsky.social and @clintsmithiii.bsky.social. ✒️
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World Poetry Day: Celebrating the Power of Poetry with Sarah Kay and Clint Smith
Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.
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BookPeople @bookpeople.com · 14/03/2025
Poetry night in ATX 🪶 Join Sarah Kay and Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz on April 22nd as they jointly launch their newest poetry collections A LITTLE DAYLIGHT LEFT and AGAINST VANISHING respectively! More info + RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople... @kaysarahsera.bsky.social @coaptowicz.bsky.social
BookPeople Events Presents Sarah Kay (author of NO MATTER THE WRECKAGE) and CRISTIN O'KEEFE APTOWICZ (author of HOW TO LOVE THE EMPTY AIR) on Tuesday April 22nd at 7PM
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Sarah Kay @kaysarahsera.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I’m performing in 7 cities this spring! Each ticket gets you a signed copy of A LITTLE DAYLIGHT LEFT in collaboration w/ a local book seller + a night of poetry, performance, & all the special guests I can sneak in + book-personalizing + my undying gratitude! Please come! kaysarahsera.com/booktour/
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Ely, rhymes with Kelly @elylzlz.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
being super chill and cool rn 🥹✌️ you might like to know, I think of this phrase three times a week and it's the folder name of all the international/unintentional poetry I collect.
Tweet from Sarah Kay user @kaysarahsera

No, I don't think poems will save us. And yet, and yet

11:41 AM • 28 Feb 17
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Ely, rhymes with Kelly @elylzlz.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
10/10 recommend! A few years ago I gifted No Matter the Wreckage to myself and it's so lovely to have 💝
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Sarah Kay @kaysarahsera.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Hello if you preorder my book this week I will send you a personalized/handwritten postcard to say thank you! (Or order the book for a loved one & I’ll send them a postcard to tell them someone is thinking of them!) I love postcards, I love preorders, & I love giving poetry as gifts!💌 bit.ly/3ZqswOZ
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Sarah Kay @kaysarahsera.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Thinking again about this Tonya Ingram poem.
Until the Stars Collapse
you owe it to yourself to quit being the apology. to hold your hand and sing your favorite song. to love another and see how far that will go. to love yourself and forget where you were headed in the first place. love is a funny story. it wakes up and builds a plot. it wakes up and shapes you into the kind of woman your mother studies. i am not perfect in it. i am not even remotely articulate. but it is big, this love. it is airborne and triumphant. i am no easy show. i hurt like the climb of my lineage. i hurt on purpose. i hurt to not be hurt. no, none of this is an excuse. just a blueprint. a map. come find me when the day is bronze and the sorrow is full. i am building my poem in this here heart. all of it is a working title.
by Tonya Ingram
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Sarah Kay @kaysarahsera.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
December again 🩵
WINTER WITHOUT YOU
Tonight, Brooklyn was so cold, 
it pulled itself a little closer to Manhattan 
just to have something warm to lie next to.

Earlier this week, I stacked a pile of laundry 
fresh from the drier and dove in it like it was 
autumn leaves, like I thought I could stop the fading, 
could keep the colors if I held them in my hands.

Winter has arrived like the stray cat who patrols my neighborhood— 
annoyed by my foolish surprise at its sudden appearance.

My building's Super rang my doorbell
this afternoon and came in to change
the knob on my heater. I greeted him
In flannel pajama pants and a sweatshirt.

Oh, thank goodness, I laughed. The heat 
has been clanking all night, and it keeps 
me awake. He considered the pile of
unfolded laundry and 1 PM pajamas.
Just you? He asked. Just me.

It is December, and nobody asked if I was ready.

(from No Matter the Wreckage)
by Sarah Kay
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