gotta start a poetry thread
(1) The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart by Eloisa Amezcua: https://poets.org/poem/witch-reads-me-my-birthchart
(2) When people say "we have made it through worse" by Clint Smith: https://readwildness.com/19/smith-people
(3) from Apology Machine, Four Poems by Cameron Quan Louie: https://therumpus.net/2021/01/rumpus-original-poetry-four-poems-by-cameron-quan-louie/
(4) "if you believe me to be your enemy know this I accept
terrible revenge in merciless clots of love
[...]
I have not threatened your soft moments and yet you are threatened"
I Must Become A Menace To My Enemies by Ryan Dzelzkalns: https://catapult.co/stories/i-must-become-a-menace-to-my-enemies-a-poem-by-ryan-dzelzkalns
(5) qtine thoughts (w/ a line from Psych lol) by Jess Rizkallah: https://nwreview.org/2020/12/11/qtine-thoughts-w-a-line-from-psych-lol/
[im a mess over this poem holy shit]
if you like (5), jess just released a chapbook of sorts here --> https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1673788
and let me plug in one of my favorite articles ive written (its aged a bit but still good at its heart)
100 of my Favorite Poets For Your Survival Pack by Alexis: https://www.autostraddle.com/poets-for-your-survival-pack-410195/
(6) Midnight by Frederick Seidel: https://lithub.com/midnight/
(7) Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street
Momtaza Mehri: https://poets.org/poem/reciprocity-two-way-street
oh, this one.
(8) Tomorrow is a Place
Sanna Wani: https://poets.org/poem/tomorrow-place
this one wrecked me beautiful i love it
(9) a possible tw for self harm in this poem
The B-Sides of the Golden Records, Track Five: “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” by Sumita Chakraborty: https://poets.org/poem/b-sides-golden-records-track-five-post-traumatic-stress-disorder
(11) After Touching You, I Think of Narcissus Drowning by Leila Chatti: https://poets.org/poem/after-touching-you-i-think-narcissus-drowning
(12) Ode to Sudanese-Americans by Safia Elhillo: https://poets.org/poem/ode-sudanese-americans
safia elhillo is one of my absolute favorite poets/writers and this is also a favorite (which is saying something because it takes so much for me to focus on audio): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh5wSt-hfL0
(13) Day 29 (2020) by Jamila Woods: https://poets.org/poem/day-29-2020
(be sure to check out her music too!)
(14) Object Permanence by Hala Alyan: https://poets.org/poem/object-permanence
(15) on holding rose water by beyza ozer: https://poets.org/poem/holding-rose-water
(16) Lecture on the History of the House by Claire Schwartz: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/154996/lecture-on-the-history-of-the-house
(17) Order of Events by Phillip B. Williams: https://poets.org/poem/order-events
(18) Ode on an Abandoned House by Hayan Charara: https://poets.org/poem/ode-abandoned-house
(19) this is one of my absolute favorites, but i be looking sideways at *everyone* having access to it lol
My Phone Autocorrects “Nigga” to “Night”
By Karisma Price: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/153582/my-phone-autocorrects-nigga-to-night
(20) Canary by Rita Dove: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43359/canary
(21) Three Poems by Jennifer Huang: https://therumpus.net/2021/01/rumpus-original-poetry-three-poems-by-jennifer-huang/
cw: familial violence, physical violence/abuse
(22) under the chiming bell by Jenny Zhang: https://poets.org/poem/under-chiming-bell
(23) iced out chain from the beauty supply by Halsted Indoor Mall by Nate Marshall:
https://poets.org/poem/iced-out-chain-beauty-supply-halsted-indoor-mall
(24) Gardens of Babur, Kabul
By Aria Aber:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/155001/gardens-of-babur-kabul
(25) For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet by Joy Harjo : https://poets.org/poem/calling-spirit-back-wandering-earth-its-human-feet
(26) A Meditation on Grief: Things We Carry, Things We Remember by Crystal Wilkinson: https://kenyonreview.org/kr-online-issue/2019-septoct/selections/crystal-wilkinson-342846/
huge content warning for death and r*pe
(27) Give Me This by Ada Limón: https://poets.org/poem/give-me
@wenotfreeyet goddamnnnn!!!!
(10) On The Last Day The Bullet Asked by Sadia Hassan: https://poets.org/poem/last-day-bullet-asked