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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 22h

“Two years after my mother’s death, I walk / in the soft, searing claws of the sun. ” — Nancy Holmes (@nancyholmes.bsky.social) . . . This poem appeared in The Fiddlehead, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“each year harder to live within / each year harder to live without” — Craig Arnold . . . This poem appeared in Poetry Magazine, 2009. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“Over and over / even like ever / the thrives do” — Hiram Larew . . . This poem appeared in Susurrus Issue 11, Spring 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“For love to be born, a great many things // had to perish.” — K.M. Hanslik (@kmhanslik.bsky.social) . . . This poem appeared in dishsoap quarterly, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“i’d like to be loved. / just not too much. lord, let me never / be needed.” — Kristin Lueke (@klooky.bsky.social) . . . This poem appeared in Wild Roof Journal Issue 33, Spring 2026. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Please try to go / to hell frequently / because you will / find the light there” — Hannah Emerson . . . This poem appeared in The Kissing of Kissing by Hannah Emerson, published by Milkweed Editions, 2022. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“for no reason / hearing no voice / with no promise / praying to myself / be clear” — W.S. Merwin . . . Happy birthday, W.S. Merwin. . . . This poem appeared in The Carrier of Ladders by W.S. Merwin, published by Atheneum, 1970. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“I want. A different ending. / Or rather. A thing that doesn’t end.” — Aldo Amparán (@skygoneout.bsky.social) . . . This poem appeared in Southeast Review, Volume 39.1, 2021. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Inside my mind it is dawn. A wolf appears with a bird / in its mouth.” — Allison Seay . . . This poem appeared in To See The Queen by Allison Seay, published by Persea Books, 2013. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“I call my dead mom, and she is never / too busy to answer.” — Todd Dillard . . . This poem appeared in New Poetry Canada, 2026. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Joy is more than a pause.” — Brigit Pegeen Kelly . . . This poem appeared in To the Place of Trumpets by Brigit Pegeen Kelly, published by Yale University Press, 1988. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Say yes to wanting to be this cat.” — Jack Ridl . . . This poem appeared in Practicing to Walk Like a Heron by Jack Ridl, published by Wayne State University Press, 2013. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“The sun rises in spite of everything / and the far cities are beautiful and bright.” — Derek Mahon

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“What wind blew me / off course, took me from heart and home?” — Donika Kelly . . . This poem appeared in Sinister Wisdom, 2017. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Everything is teetering on the edge of everything / With a polite smile.” — Charles Simic . . . This poem appeared in The Yale Review, Volume 84, No. 4, 1996. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“It’s hard to say I need you enough.” — Tara Skurtu (@taraskurtu.bsky.social)

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“how easy to forget / the feeling of wanting to be carried / into some other life.” — John Kneisley . . . This poem appeared in Ecotone, Issue 36, Spring/Summer 2024. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“Do you / feel like a straight line? I worry about how / I don't” — Wendy Xu . . . This poem appeared in YOU ARE NOT DEAD by Wendy Xu, published by Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2013. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“If I lost you, / the air wouldn’t move, nor the tree grow.” — Marvin Bell . . . This poem appeared in Nightworks: Poems, 1962–2000 by Marvin Bell, published by Copper Canyon Press, 2000. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“the email wants me to know / it will be alright, that it will be / more than alright” — Luisa Muradyan . . . This poem appeared in HAD, 2022. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“I thought / this is what precedes / sudden disaster” — Grace Lynn . . . This poem appeared in Amsterdam Review, Spring 2026. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“Twenty years on, / I could’ve said something, / anything—” — Hayan Charara . . . This poem appeared in These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit by Hayan Charara, published by Milkweed Editions, 2022. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“do you think they were searching / for my father?” — Mikey Jones . . . This poem appeared in Susurrus, Issue 11, Spring 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“I’ve saved the best tomatoes for you.” — Tariq Alarabi . . . This poem appeared in The Baffler, 2021. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“it hurts / to both want and not want something so badly” — Lily Gavazov . . . This poem appeared in Two Serious Ladies, 2022. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“Finally I stood there / where no one has ever seen me.” — Sean Singer . . . This poem appeared in Poetry Magazine, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“though I’m not twenty / and won’t be again but ah! seventy. And still / in love with life.” — Mary Oliver . . . Happy birthday, Mary Oliver. . . . This poem appeared in Red Bird by Mary Oliver, published by Beacon Press, 2008. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“I will never give up longing. / I will let my hair stay long.” — Linda Gregg . . . Happy birthday, Linda Gregg. . . . This poem appeared in All of It Singing: New and Selected Poems by Linda Gregg, published by Graywolf Press, 2009. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“Sometimes, to get back to land / is the worst thing a person can do.” — Jane Mead . . . This poem appeared in House of Poured Out Waters by Jane Mead, published by University of Illinois Press, 2000. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“I love that I decided to live. I love that I decided to live.” — Robin Arble . . . This poem appeared in Passages North, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

“You were first created out of love, / so carry nothing but love / to those who are trembling.” — Hiba Abu Nada . . . This poem appeared in ArabLit Quarterly, 2023. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

“I’m beginning to think I may never / not be undecided, about all sorts of things” — Carl Phillips (@cphillipspoet.bsky.social) . . . This poem appeared in Poem-a-Day by the Academy of American Poets, 2016. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“I want to learn closure the way / a door knows it, loud and with purpose.” — K. Mobley . . . This poem appeared in Chestnut Review, Volume 6, Number 2, Autumn 2024. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“We repeat, reshaping and destroying, always starting from the bottom.” — Gillian Sze . . . This poem appeared in An Orange, A Syllable by Gillian Sze, published by ECW Press, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“It has always been evening // and now you know.” — James Richardson . . . This poem appeared in The Paris Review, Issue no. 249, Fall 2024. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“Always in these friendships / one serves the other, one is less than the other” — Louise Glück . . . This poem appeared in The Triumph of Achilles by Louise Glück, published by Ecco Press, 1985. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Day 31 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Jeri Frederickson, whose work appeared in Variant Literature (@variantlit.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Day 30 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Diana Cao (@dianacao.bsky.social), whose work appeared in Equatorial Literary Magazine. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Day 29 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Jenny Qi, whose work appeared in Diode Poetry Journal (@diodeeditions.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Day 28 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Elena Zhang (@ezhang77.bsky.social), whose work appeared in Frozen Sea (@frozenseapoetry.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Day 27 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Leah Umansky, whose work appeared in Waxwing Literary Journal. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Day 26 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Lizzy Fox, whose work appeared in Small Orange. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Day 25 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Emilia Phillips, whose work appeared in Southeast Review. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Day 24 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Natasha Rao, whose work appeared in The Offing (@theoffingmag.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Day 23 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Ben Kline, whose work appeared in Birdcoat Quarterly (@birdcoatquarterly.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Day 22 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Robin Myers, whose work appeared in Guernica. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Day 21 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Derek Otsuji, whose work appeared in The Hopper. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Day 20 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Susan L. Leary (@susanlleary.bsky.social), whose work appeared in Rust & Moth (@rustandmoth.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Day 19 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Uma Dwivedi, whose work appeared in Muzzle Magazine. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Day 18 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Christopher Citro (@christophercitro.bsky.social), whose work appeared in West Branch (@westbranchmagazine.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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