i don't know if this is my favourite poem, but i do really love it. it is absurd, it is beautiful, it makes me emotional -- i think that's all i really need to feel with art. i've spent a long time trying to get into poetry, but i find it really difficult. olivia gatwood is a poet that i really love, she's got a few really amazing spoken word videos from button poetry from early in her career up on youtube that are really great (although, she was never compensated in any way for those videos, which is a bit of a shame), everthing she writes is really great, really recommend picking up a copy of her collection 'Life of the Party'. somebody else that i know, used to say their favourite poem was 'High Windows' by Phillip Larkin, which is also very, very beautiful.
Feb 10, 2024
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Jesus got up one day a little later than usual. He had been dream-
ing so deep there was nothing left in his head. What was it?
A nightmare, dead bodies walking all around him, eyes rolled
back, skin falling off. But he wasn't afraid of that. It was a beau-
tiful day. How 'bout some coffee? Don't mind if I do. Take a little
ride on my donkey, I love that donkey. Hell, I love everybody.
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Not sure if this is my all time favorite but I got a book of Tate’s poetry recently and I love this one
Jul 2, 2024
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maybe my answer is basic, but despite always having loved writing poetry i haven't actually read much of it until recently. we covered this poem in a course i was taking and it's just so good.
i just finished Ocean Vuong's "Night Sky With Exit Wounds" and it was so good as well, one of my favorites was "Thanksigivng 2006".
another poet i could recommend is Aimee Seu, i'm hoping to buy her book "Velvet Hounds" soon, a poem i love by her is called "Thrift Store Fur".
lastly, another poet i really love is chen chen. i really recommend reading "Summer"!
Jun 3, 2024
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i’m so happy to be prompted to think about poetry! ada limon is one of my favorites, as is marcus amaker (who will be at p&t knitwear next week!), caki wilkinson, and catherine cohen (for poems that make you laugh). billy collins was my poetry gateway drug—we read picnic, lightning in 12th grade and my brain changed forever. but my absolute, all time, desert island writer is ross gay—his poetry is devastating and beautiful and funny and he also writes nonfiction that is really amazing. his book “be holding” is a genius book length poem about a single basketball play by dr. j (i don’t care about sports). happy poem-ing!!!!!!
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