A special Guest Post by poet Rahat Kurd about two poems by the late Louise Glück.

Guest Post: Rahat Kurd on Louise Glück

I always wanted the How a Poem Moves project to be one that lots of people joined in on. For a time, I even dangled it as a goal for my students — "If your essay is good enough, I'll publish it on my blog." That's how we got Sana Mohtadi's essay on Kaveh Akbar's "Rat King." But there haven't been a lot of opportunities for me to publish others here.

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New Guest Post Coming Soon! Hello, patient HPM readers! A special treat is coming your way! Poet Rahat Kurt (whose ghazal was the subject of one of my first HPM essays) reached out recently with an essay she was working on about two poems by Louise Glück. Rahat’s engagement with the poems travels…

New Guest Post Coming Soon!

Hello, patient HPM readers! A special treat is coming your way! Poet Rahat Kurt (whose ghazal was the subject of one of my first HPM essays) reached out recently with an essay she was working on about two poems by Louise Glück. Rahat’s engagement with the poems travels through her own study of Persianate poetry and Sufi spirituality, and she’s got some terrific insight into what makes Glück’s work special.

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Glen Hansard

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Come celebrate the re-launch of Parchment with us on Monday night at the Society Clubhouse! Hear cool people like @ronnabloom.bsky.social! Eat snacks!

The CJN profiles my Queen: thecjn.ca/news/as-holy...

As Holy Blossom Temple marks its 170th year, Rabbi Yael Splansky reflects on the past and future of the flagship Reform institution

'We're going to turn to Holy Blossom history ... and tap into that wisdom and that courage about how to face the future with hope'

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Sent in the edits. Book of stories coming out with @ecwpress.bsky.social in the spring. Ready to fight with proofreaders about commas.

I would kill or die for Larry

Take the Billy Bishop survey and just answer all the questions with NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. (Okay I was more eloquent than that, but you know what I mean. There is no "mitigation" there is only "fuck all the way off.") #NoJetsTO

SOLIE AGAIN!! www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Karen Solie’s Wellwater wins TS Eliot poetry prize

Poet’s sixth collection explores the destruction of the natural world, with a perspective shaped by her upbringing in rural Canada

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That little thrill you get when your Submittable submission changes from "Received" to "In Progress"...

SOLIE

Matthew Tierney@mtierney.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Well, well. Karen Solie wins the 2025 Forward Prize for Wellwater. 🎉 forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz...

.ברוך אתה יי, אלהינו מלך העולם, מתיר אסורים

There's NewPoetry today from Adam Sol (@adamsol.bsky.social). newpoetry.ca/2025/10/06/c...

Climate Grief Sandwich

Adam Sol   It takes seven gallons of oil to make a tire, which means it’s pointless to beg you to love me like you used to. I am wearing thin, like an old tire haha, when the road gets cold I …

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wanna feel old? they're senior mints now

Writing syllabi

The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

Cycling to cardiac rehab is my flex

Good morning! A new How a Poem Moves essay has been posted. It's about a poem by Dobby Gibson that pulls back the curtain on poetic craft. Sort of. howapoemmoves.wordpress.com/2025/05/08/d...

Dobby Gibson, “Short Craft Talk”

Dobby Gibson and I were at Indiana University together in the mid-90s, earning our MFAs, but I don’t think I’ve seen him in person since. Still, we’ve kept rough track of each other on social media…

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Very excited to read poems — some old, some new — at the venerable Shab-e She'r reading series on Wednesday night at the Tranzac. Hope to see you there! www.facebook.com/events/18474...

I like bread. #overpassover

The student paper at the college at which I teach reports a "tsunami of takedown requests" from international students terrified of being targeted for innocuous, legitimate op-eds & opinions.. Many ask in person--leave no trace in writing. Reminds me of my father's account of studying in the USSR.

Paige Bueckers Sarah Strong Azzi Fudd and of course Geno Auriemma #UConnWomenChamps

Really excited to have Karen Solie on Vic’s campus next year as the Shaftesbury Writer in Residence. www.vic.utoronto.ca/academic-pro...

Shhh, trying to read

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com

Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky

It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...

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Older lady at the grocery store buying mostly deli meat and jello mix. Live your life, ma’am. Live it.

Reading Bruce Chatwin.

Alejandro Zambra, Chilean Poet ❤️❤️❤️