Charles Simic, born #OTD in 1938

'I had so much love in my heart...'

—Charles Simic, born #OTD in 1938

'What do we know.'

—Gary Snyder, born #OTD in 1930

'Here,/ have my seat.'

—Danusha Laméris
Danusha Laméris

Andrea Cohen, from her new collection THE SORROW APARTMENTS Four Way Books

'I have forgotten my glass of wine...'

—Wang Wei, 'A Spring Day at the Farm' (trans. David Young)

the bird
without a word
flew away

Hosai

'There are poems
that are never written...'

—Linda Pastan

how glorious
fresh green leaves
flashing in the sun

Basho

I am incredibly honored and thrilled that my poetry collection THIS FAR NORTH has been longlisted for the 2024 Massachusetts Book Awards. Thank you Mass Center for the Book, and thank you Black Lawrence Press for believing in and publishing this book. Good luck to all of the poets on this list.

'Regret nothing.'

—January O'Neill January Gill O'Neil

*from her new book GLITTER ROAD CavanKerry Press

Congratulations to Enzo Silon Surin & Jason Tandon! Both of their poetry collections are longlisted for the Massachusettes Book Awards!

See the full list l8r.it/Lw3s

#LiteraryAwards #SmallPress #ReadMorePoetry #Poeticlife

.Enzo Silon Surin 🇭🇹 .Jason Tandon

Tonight Wellesley Books! Come join me and January Gill O'Neil to celebrate National Poetry Month: shorturl.at/imqQ4.

A.R. Ammons

Tomorrow night! Please join me and January Gill O'Neil
for a reading Wellesley Books to celebrate #NationalPoetryMonth : tinyurl.com/5736re6x. Black Lawrence Press CavanKerry Press Mass Center for the Book Literary Boston

the path ends in
fragrant blossoms
wild roses

Buson

Ryōkan Taigu

'Sometimes/ the only words that can find our lips are thank you...'

—Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

'What we need is here.'

—Wendell Berry

'Eat bread and understand comfort.'

—Mary Oliver, from 'To Begin with, the Sweet Grass'