I don’t care what any of you say. Gardening is a chore.

The ♡ the new Annulet — brilliance by the poet Dot Devota, Sophia Terazawa, Yanara Friedland Julie Carr... KimHyesoon 김혜순시인 tr. by Jack Saebyok Jung 정새벽, jamila on marsxmasr, ruby on Don Mee Choi, Chloe Xiang 向舒锦 on Chia-Lun Chang... bit.ly/42hxgpC

Love me some Annulet! Grateful to find myself among such talent. New issue here: annuletpoeticsjournal.com

“I’m told / the bodies get $25 and free lunch / the bodies are trying to make it / in Hollywood or just anywhere / being a lawyer or a sanitation worker” —Lauren Shapiro, “The Bodies” Copper Nickel Cleveland State University Poetry Center facebook.com/629882237/post…

Keith Waldrop was so many things, but most of all he was kind. When I was just a college kid, he invited me to his and Rosmarie’s house with a bunch of poet celebrities. I was so nervous that I spilled a glass of red wine on their WHITE carpet and he didn’t bat an eye.

Our 2023 titles are now available for pre-order: Xavier Cavazos’ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹’𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽, Melissa Dickey’s 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, and Rennie Ament’s 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹. csupoetrycenter.com/books

Happy backlist Friday! Please enjoy ‘Cleanse’ from Lauren Shapiro’s Arena! If you like this or want to read more check out the next tweet!

“Once I was driving for a long time / by myself, tediously, as people do / when they have to get between two / distant points in a country that thinks / it is not at war” —Lauren Shapiro, “Patience, Patient” Cleveland State University Poetry Center

Introducing the Veliz Books 2024 lineup 🧳✨ We can’t wait to share these amazing new titles with you from Lauren Shapiro and Denise Kripper !!! #brid #laurenshapiro #salt #adrianariva #denisekripper #velizbooks #newreleases

It’s not too late to catch these preorder savings for SALT and BRID!!! 💙🧳 Thank you for supporting small press! Lauren Shapiro Denise Kripper #laurenshapiro #brid #salt #lasal #adrianariva #denisekripper #velizbooks #velizbooksreaders #preorder #poetry #literature

There’s no better unboxing than a brand new book! Preorders of this beauty ship out very soon 🐦💛 Lauren Shapiro #laurenshapiro #brid #velizbooks #velizbooksreaders #preorder #poetry #literature #smallpress #indiepub

🌟THE GARDEN got its first prepub review, and it's a star from Kirkus Reviews!! 🌟 "Like an overgrown garden—untamable, lush, and wild in ways lovely and terrifying." kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/c…

“The mother / and her five-year-old have an argument about clothes / in front of the pregnant nude photographs she had / commissioned in her third trimester, when the world / felt heavy but easy and she used websites like Pinterest / without irony.” —Lauren Shapiro “In Context”

Come hang out with our newest Veliz Books author, Lauren Shapiro !!! Lauren will be signing her new book of poetry, BRID, Friday Feb. 9th from 2-3 PM at AWP, booth #2921 📚 We hope to see you there!

Join us Friday 2/9 for an #awp24 off-site reading with our friends at Eulalia Books @carrionbloombks and co•im•press ! Come support indie presses and hear from amazing authors! Find us at Table 2921 at the #awpbookfair #awpoffsite

Come out next Friday! 2/16 at 6:00

Soon! See you there!

Today's Featured Poem: Hilary Plum is a writer, editor, and teacher. She’s the author of five books, including Excisions, a volume of poetry; Hole Studies, an essay collection; and the novel Strawberry Fields. You can find her at hilaryplum.com