My sincere thanks to editors of The Paddock Review for kindly publishing my poem, “Across the Fields”, today. #nationalpoetrymonth paddockreview.com/2026/04/15/a...

A Poem by Robert Windorf

…. Robert Windorf, Ed.D. is a Long Island educator and award-winning poet with recent honors received from the Tucson Festival of Books (semi-finalist, mini-poetry collection: 2024 & 2026). His…

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To celebrate #nationalpoetrymonth excerpt from Natasha Trethewey’s “Limen”: All day I’ve listened to the industry of a single woodpecker, worrying the catalpa tree 🌳 just outside my window. Hard at his task, his body is a hinge, a door knocker… (Domestic Work, 2000, Graywolf Press)

To celebrate #nationalpoetrymonth excerpt from D.Nurkse’s “The Grain”: Spring. The baby teething, crying from a dream. Summer. Spaldeens bouncing out of alleys. Laundry inching from roof to roof. (Brooklyn: Poets Anthology, 2017, Brooklyn Arts Press/Brooklyn Poets, J.Koo & J.Pan, eds.)

To celebrate #nationalpoetrymonth excerpt from Ada Limon’s “Mortality”: I want you to know this image - plumeria wet and swaying, but only the sound of a door 🚪 closing in an empty room comes, something beginning and ending without so much as a warning. (Startlement, 2025, Milkweed Editions)

To celebrate #nationalpoetrymonth excerpt from Maurice Kenny’s “Dead Morning in Brooklyn Heights”: Washington would have never held the Heights. Had he given into cold day-dreams; Whitman would still be riding the Brooklyn Ferry. (broken land: Poems of Brooklyn, 2007, NYU Press, Kasdorf/Tyrell ed)

To celebrate #nationalpoetrymonth excerpt from Marie Howe’s “The Willows” (contained within her Pulitzer Prize-winning, New and Selected Poems): So, under travels up, and down and up again, and the wind makes music of what water was. (New and Selected Poems, 2024, @wwnorton.com)

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To celebrate #nationalpoetrymonth excerpt from Henri Cole's "Persimmon Tree": Poor man, kind and apprehensive, he looks at himself but cannot see 🪞 the beauty of his free will unless he's suffering at the hands of it. (Blackbird and Wolf, 2007, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) @fsgbooks.bsky.social

To celebrate #nationalpoetrymonth excerpt from Kathleen Ossip’s “Bluebird”: Today I sing in a green and golden place. My little eyes blink in my little blue face. 🐦 My little song says Truly truly. The cat sits watching 🐈‍⬛ cooly cooly… (July, 2021, Sarabande Books) @sarabandebooks.bsky.social

To celebrate #nationalpoetrymonth “Last night” by Robin Walter: in my dream I could not think, could not recall the name of the little bird that hops around 🐦 the currant bush - small body twisting the apricot morning - (Little Mercy, Graywolf Press, 2025)

To celebrate #nationalpoetrymonth an excerpt from W.S. Merwin’s “Living Together”: When we kissed all the leaves of the warm spring forest gathered us 🌳 (Finding the Islands, 1982, North Point Press)

My sincere thanks to editors of The Closed Eye Open for publishing my poem, “Strange Placement”, today on their Maya’s Micros page. 📚 ⚾️ 🏫 #nationalpoetrymonth theclosedeyeopen.com/mayas-micros...

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Multi-faceted Academy Award-winning actor, Robert Duvall, has passed, aged 95, at his northern VA home. My favorite role: Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies with Tess Harper & Ellen Barkin. His favorite line: “Can’t do it Sally.” - The Godfather. RIP. Condolences to his wife & colleagues. 🎥

Nobel Laureate Poet Derek Walcott’s birthday weekend. He would’ve been 96. RIP. 📚 🇱🇨 🌴 “You will love again the stranger who was yourself” - “Love After Love” @poetshouse.bsky.social @rattlepoetry.bsky.social

Best Wishes to everyone for a very Happy New Year 🎆 full of good health, creativity, love & prosperity!!

Michal Urbaniak, Jazz Fusion Violinist Pioneer, passed yesterday, aged 82. Privileged to see him & former wife, Ursula Dudziak, at several NYC clubs, including The Bottom Line, during ‘70s & ‘80s. Fantastic musician who inspired many with his unique compositions. RIP. 🎻 🎶 🇵🇱 @jpketterer.bsky.social

Very pleased to learn today my mini-poetry collection was chosen as semi-finalist entry for 2026 Tucson Festival of Books. I also received this honor for the 2024 #tucsonfestivalofbooks . My kind thanks to the judges!📚 🌵🏜️ @paulacurci.bsky.social @deborahhauser.bsky.social @christinamrau.bsky.social

Academy Award winning actress & cultural icon, Diane Keaton passed today, age 79. A true original whose marvelous talent spanned every genre of acting. Condolences to her family & friends. RIP. 🌺 🎥 @sagaftra.org

Dame Jane Goodall, revered primate research expert, conservationist & best-selling author, passed yesterday, age 91. Her monumental legacies, including Roots & Shoots curriculum, made true differences in the lives of millions globally. RIP & condolences to her family, colleagues & friends. 🇬🇧 🇹🇿 🌍

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Robert Redford passed today at home, age 89. Condolences to his family & friends. RIP. 🙏 Now two of America’s greatest actors can make mischief again, off to Bolivia or creating a new con job! 💰🎥

#ClipOfTheDay: “When the time of your life is a time of earthquakes.” In this PBS NewsHour interview, Arthur Sze reads from his latest collection, Into the Hush, and talks about his life and work. Sze has been named the twenty-fifth poet laureate of the United States. at.pw.org/SzeNewsHour

Today, we honor the life and legacy of the great Roberto Clemente.

Grammy Award Winning Jazz Legend Chuck Mangione passed yesterday, age 84. Thanks, Chuck for all your wonderful music & for making it all “Feel So Good!” 🎺 🎼 😎 @wbgojazz.bsky.social @jpketterer.bsky.social

My sincere thanks to @peterthabitjones.bsky.social for including my poem, “Seeking More”, in Issue #42 of The Seventh Quarry Magazine! @seventhquarrypress.bsky.social 📚☕️ 🇬🇧

Edward Hopper, preeminent American artist, born on this day, 1882.

Beloved English novelist, Jane Austen passed on this day, aged 41, following a severe illness, in Winchester. She was laid to rest in Winchester Cathedral a few days later. Her timeless legacy of 6 famous novels & other works have charmed & intrigued generations of devoted readers. 🌹 📖

Enjoy this Day & Make a Good Difference for Others & Yourself! 🌞

Happy National Poetry Month & Poem in Your Pocket Day!! 📚☕️ Please Enjoy this Wonderful Poem by Mark Strand & Pass It On. Thanks! 😊 @pw.org @poetrydaily.bsky.social @poetryfoundation.bsky.social @brooklynpoets.bsky.social @poetshouse.bsky.social @poetsorg.bsky.social

Buon Compleanno, Michelangelo Buonarroti! “Ancora Imparo.” 🎨

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