just how weird and happy I was
in the gorgeous annihilation of my old life.

— #PoetoftheWeek Maja Lukic Maja Lukić reads her feature poem “Augury” soundcloud.com/brooklynpoets/…

Join us at 144 Montague on May 17 at 6:30 PM for our spring Workshop Showcase as students & faculty from our winter-spring workshops celebrate the work they've done together with a group reading. Free and open to the public. Check the link to get tickets! bit.ly/bpws-51724

Registration now open for my summer workshop:
✨✨Poetry & the Future Self✨✨

Bones thrown to the ocean,
guts washed free with the rain, there is no record
except in her body.

—Andrew Kozma from ORPHANOTROPHIA! (Cobalt Press, 2021) our #BookoftheWeek ! poetsbridge.org/front/sharedpa…

Check out the #Yawpcast of our April Yawp open mic, featuring poet angel nafis (3:01) and Poem of the Month winner Eva Koehler for 'An Email to Emily, Out of the Blue' (48:48). soundcloud.com/brooklynpoets/…

Join us on Monday, May 13, for our next Yawp, featuring C. (Constantine Jones)! Cea will lead a workshop on grief and rage. Check the link to get tickets! tickettailor.com/events/brookly…

Only one more day to take advantage of the earlybird discount for our second annual poetry festival from May 24 to 26!

$115 off 3-day passes for members / $40 off for nonmembers
$35 off single-day passes for members / $10 off for nonmembers

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Our featured #mentors this week are Vanessa Jimenez Gabb Vanessa Jimenez Gabb & Chessy Normile! Get critiqued: poetsbridge.org/critiques

The other day I had
this awful thought: I’ve loved poems more
than any man.

—Our #PoetoftheWeek Maja Lukic Maja Lukić
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There’s still time to join us for this tonight!!

Join us in Brooklyn or online tomorrow, April 28th, to raise funds for Sudanese American Physicians Association (SAPA) with an evening of poetry in solidarity with Sudan featuring Dalia Elhassan, Hafizah Geter, Melissa Lozada-Oliva & Ladan Osman! tickettailor.com/events/brookly…

my relationship with You more
real than the taste of air

— #PoetoftheWeek Tiffany Troy reads her feature poem “Google” soundcloud.com/brooklynpoets/…

to know that you are listening
changes things by degrees

—Becca Klaver Becca Klaver from GREETINGS FROM BOWLING GREEN! (The Magnificent Field, 2022) our #BookoftheWeek ! poetsbridge.org/front/sharedpa…

This Sunday, April 28th we're raising funds for Sudanese American Physicians Association (SAPA) with an evening of poetry in solidarity with Sudan featuring Dalia Elhassan, Hafizah Geter, Melissa Lozada-Oliva & Ladan Osman. Join us in Brooklyn or online: tickettailor.com/events/brookly…

probe for stillness at the root of motion, a vacuum that laps light in

Doors flung open,
residuals float away
plunge into liminal where emergence startles

—Mary Newell #PoemoftheDay
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Join us at 144 Montague for our spring Fellows Showcase on Friday, May 10, at 6:30 PM as fellowship winners from our winter-spring workshop season share their work. Check the link to get tickets! bit.ly/bkpfellows-510…

Our featured #mentors this week are Derek Pollard & Meher Manda Meher! Get critiqued: poetsbridge.org/critiques

Perhaps what makes me human are the errors I make
in the heat of the night.

—Our #PoetoftheWeek Tiffany Troy
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Join us for our second annual Poetry Festival from May 24 to 26 at 144 Montague or via Zoom! Last day to apply for a fellowship to register for free.
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