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Water finds ways
to communicate
to look inside the unspoken door of history.
Listen during a North-Eastern wind
and the waves and commotions of the molecules
will rumble like a chorus
12th Street News The fourth issue of 12th Street Journal is printed and shipped. Please come join us for our launch at Barnes & Noble’s Union Square bookstore in NYC on Monday, May 9 at 7:00 p.m. We will have readings by student contributors and two poets who speak to the heart of Writing & Democracy–Amiri [...]
The Abracadabra: A New Poetry Game I invented this game during Paul Violi’s poetry workshop “Romantic Rebellion.” Two examples of the Abracadabra—“Four Reviews” and “Four School Subjects”—are presented below. Read the rules, check it out, and play along! Rules: The player chooses a general topic and four subjects within the topic (e.g. Critical Reviews: Theatre, [...]
Julie Sheehan reciting “The Song of Wandering Aengus” by W. B. Yeats.
Justin Taylor reading “I See Tiny Mouths” by Anthony McCann from the Agriculture Reader.
Amy Berkowitz reads a poem from Ish Klein’s new book UNION!
“They might wax about the versatility of a deck bucket or of romance in rubber boots, but they also describe a livelihood that can kill those who pursue it.” —From an article in the New York Times about fisherman poets.





