Wendell Berry was born #OnThisDay in 1934. Here, Friedli Walton performs Berry's poem "The Peace of Wild Things" in a poem film created with RADA.
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"Already a mooted goal and tomorrow perhaps an arms base, a livid sector, the full moon dominates the dark." Robert Hayden was born #OnThisDay in 1913.
Robert Hayden - "Full Moon"
No longer throne of a goddess to whom we pray,
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Look at you, sitting there being good. After two years you're still dying for a cigarette. And not drinking on weekdays, who thought that one up? Happy birthday to Kim Addonizio! https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/good-girl
Sidonie McLaren reads "Good Girl" by Kim Addonizio
Look at you, sitting there being good.
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Great interview with @poetrylondon.bsky.social editor Niall Campbell on @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social's The Gimpse podcast. He was in conversation with fellow Bloodaxe poet Hannah Lowe. Their poetry is distributed in the US by @consortiumbooks.bsky.social. www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
The Glimpse, S3E9: Lightning, Chance, and Magic with Niall Campbell
Niall Campbell speaks with host Hannah Lowe about love and labor, reading back catalogs, being the kind of person who says “no.” Niall reads his poem “Good Night” and Deborah Digges’ poem “The Birthin...
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"She was a summer dance at the crossroads. She was a card game where a nose was broken. She was a song that nobody sings." Ruth Negga performs Michael Hartnett's "Death of an Irishwoman" in a new poem film created in collaboration with Bloomsday Film Festival.
On the last episode of this season of The Glimpse, Niall Campbell and host Hannah Lowe discuss love and labor, reading back catalogs, and being the kind of person who says “no.” Niall reads his poem “Good Night” and Deborah Digges’ poem “The Birthing.” www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
"It is July in the dream, and I buy crystals from a bodega and they open into liquor bottles, mezcal made in Oaxaca, my tongue waking. I am all spiders scrabbling for a corner." Happy birthday to Hala Alyan! https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/relapse-dream-ending-with-my-grandmothers-hands
Hala Alyan reads "Relapse Dream Ending with My Grandmother's Hands"
I announce myself in the opera house: rosary beads and du’as.
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This week on The Glimpse, Jason Allen-Paisant speaks with Hannah Lowe about the pastoral and un-pastoral, using the lyric politically & the joy of speculative poetry. Jason reads “Walking with the Word ‘Tree’” & Wisława Szymborska’s “The Silence of Plants.” www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
"We talked about you all the time. Dan said he saw you ironing cellophane. I said you’d let me hold a thousand pounds. We found a hollow-soled shoe." Happy birthday to Hannah Lowe, born #OnThisDay! https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/chick?=1
Hannah Lowe - "Chick"
We talked about you all the time.
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"the prison system is divine. a comedy of errors." Evie Shockley performs her poem “american inferno” in a 2025 poem film created with Haymarket Books.
mii mikwendamaan Ode’imini-giizis I think of the strawberry-moon light miskwiiwid miskwaawaasiged giizhigong. bleeding across a long summer day. Margaret Noodin, "Jiikimaadizi / A Joyful Life" https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/jiikimaadizi-a-joyful-life
Margaret Noodin - "Jiikimaadizi / A Joyful Life"
Apii Manidoo-giizisoons basangwaabid When the sky’s eye blinks in December
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In a new essay for TIME, “In Defense of Reading Books,” Literary Arts Fund Executive Director Jen Benka explores the many benefits of reading literature, and offers some practical steps that anyone can take to help stem the disquieting decline in literary reading.
In Defense of Reading Books
Reading literature is a force of good for our health and communities, writes Jen Benka.
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New on The Glimpse! Richard Scott chats with host Hannah Lowe about queer ancestors, deep time, supermarkets of the mind, and the lyric poem as illumination device. Scott reads his poem “Red Jasper” and Allen Ginsberg’s poem “A Supermarket in California.” www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
The Glimpse, S3E7: The Language of Crystals with Richard Scott
Richard Scott chats with host Hannah Lowe about queer ancestors, deep time, supermarkets of the mind, and the lyric poem as illumination device. Scott reads his poem “Red Jasper” and Allen Ginsberg’s ...
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"These poems they are things that I do in the dark reaching for you whoever you are and are you ready?" June Jordan was born #OnThisDay in 1936. www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/these-...
June Jordan - "These Poems"
These poems
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What a poem for this moment. From Jeffrey McDaniel's book, The Endarkenment: bookshop.org/a/862/9780822959953 #poem #booksky #writing
"My grandmother’s three were for her husband to return, company to be good and her son to remain alive." Mícheál McCann performs his poem "The Impossible Request" in a poetry film created with the Belfast Book Festival. Thanks to publisher The Gallery Press
Mícheál McCann reads "The Impossible Request"
My grandmother’s three were for her husband to return,
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On July 18 & 19, join us at the New York City Poetry Festival on Governor’s Island for screenings of 22 of our poem films! Stop by Filmshop House at Nolan Park House 4B from 11am–5pm both days to catch our films and escape the heat. The festival is free to all to attend.
New York City Poetry Festival film screenings
On July 18th & 19th, visit the New York City Poetry Festival for screenings of 22 of our poem films.
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New on The Glimpse: Mimi Khalvati speaks with host Hannah Lowe about Dylan Thomas’ reckless life, poetic forms as an antidote to modernity & learning to pronounce her own name. Mimi reads her poem “Coma” & Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night.”
The Glimpse, S3E6: Please Go Gentle with Mimi Khalvati
Mimi Khalvati speaks with host Hannah Lowe about Dylan Thomas’ reckless life, poetic forms as an antidote to modernity, and learning to pronounce her own name. Mimi reads her poem “Coma” and Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night.”
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"On a tough journey, a few words will do to ensure the future will be fed." Rafael Mendes performs Brendan Kennelly's "Herself and himself" in a new poem film created in collaboration with Bloomsday Film Festival.
Joelle Taylor appears on this week's episode of The Glimpse, speaking with Hannah Lowe about the heterogeneity of queer culture, female eroticism without the male gaze & poems as movie trailers. Joelle reads her poem “Psalm” & part of Danez Smith’s poem “summer, somewhere.”
The Glimpse, S3E5: A Safe Space To Be Dangerous with Joelle Taylor
Joelle Taylor joins host Hannah Lowe to discuss the heterogeneity of queer culture, female eroticism without the male gaze, poems as movie trailers, and more. Joelle reads her poem “Psalm” and an excerpt from Danez Smith’s poem “summer, somewhere.”
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Belfast Book Festival may be over but you can now watch Susanna Galbraith's poetry film online-- "singing lessons" has been brought to life by @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social @su-anna.bsky.social and Matthew Thompson www.youtube.com/watch?v=59CF...
Susanna Galbraith - "singing lessons"
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"I grew a rose within a garden fair, And, tending it with more than loving care, I thought how, with the glory of its bloom, I should the darkness of my life illume." From "Promise" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, born on this day in 1872.
Paul Laurence Dunbar - "Promise"
I grew a rose within a garden fair
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"Shed these bedclothes! Pull apart the dirty cream curtains! We spill out beneath a bald, dimming sky in search of an affordable meal." Kwaku Fortune performs "Devotion: 4. Impromptu Evening" by Mícheál McCann in a new film created with Bloomsday Film Festival.
A wonderful in-depth interview with Welsh poet Menna Elfyn is featured on The Glimpse podcast from @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social, hosted by fellow Bloodaxe poet Hannah Lowe. Menna was speaking about her own poetry and also discussed a poem by RS Thomas. www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
The Glimpse, S3E4: A Failed Recluse with Menna Elfyn
Menna Elfyn reads poems and chats with host Hannah Lowe about writing in Welsh and English, overturning syntax, and finding common ground through shared language.
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I’m thinking of how mushrooms will haunt a wet log like bulbous ghosts; of how a mushroom may be considered a travesty of a flower in the way that a wolf may be a travesty of a grandmother. Padraig Regan, from "Rehydrating Mushrooms." https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/rehydrating-mushrooms
Padraig Regan - "Rehydrating Mushrooms"
I’m thinking of how mushrooms will haunt a wet log like bulbous ghosts;
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New episode of The Glimpse today! Menna Elfyn chats with host Hannah Lowe about writing in Welsh and English, overturning syntax, and finding common ground through shared language. Menna reads her poem “Let the World’s People Sing” and R. S. Thomas’ “Don’t Ask Me.”
The Glimpse, S3E4: A Failed Recluse with Menna Elfyn
Menna Elfyn reads poems and chats with host Hannah Lowe about writing in Welsh and English, overturning syntax, and finding common ground through shared language.
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Wanderer moon smiling a faintly ironical smile at this brilliant, dew-moistened summer morning,— William Carlos Williams, from "Summer Song." Happy Summer Solstice! https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/summer-song
William Carlos Williams - "Summer Song"
Wanderer moon smiling a faintly ironical smile
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Our film "American Cheese (1994)" has been selected as a finalist by the film festival La Poesia che si Vede, taking place June 27 in Ancona, Italy! Congratulations to director Jean Coleman and poet and performer Kate Durbin for this recognition of their cheesy collaboration.
"Oh mother, mother, where is happiness? They took my lover’s tallness off to war, Left me lamenting. Now I cannot guess What I can use an empty heart-cup for." From "the sonnet-ballad" by Gwendolyn Brooks. https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/the-sonnet-ballad
Gwendolyn Brooks - "the sonnet-ballad"
Oh mother, mother, where is happiness?
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