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another one. visit us on may 31!

we’re much more active on instagram. follow us @theimperfectpoets on there. ✨

attention, attention‼️ we are in desperate need of more poetry submissions. spread the word!

hey mags & pubs, send us your submissions that you want videos of! we want to expand poetry’s audience — one post and event at a time.

hey, submit that piece you’re unsure about. it’s okay. you’re okay!

the number of hours we have together is actually not so large. please linger near the door uncomfortably instead of just leaving. please forget your scarf in my life and come back later for it.

it's ok, you can give yourself a little treat, you can use adjectives in your poems

We are the only poets, and everyone else is prose. —Dickinson, in a letter to Susan Gilbert

shout out to people who write. who sit down to create something that wasn't there before. shout out to people who innovate, explore. people interested in sound, rhythm, form. shout out to first drafts, hard edits, fine-tuning, stepping back, coming back, the thrill, the triumph.

never a dull moment. bask in your bad drafts. sink in your silly similes. melt in your metaphors.

we have been thinking about the nature of forgiveness in relation to poetry and writing....here is ur reminder of the day to forgive yourself & allow urself grace !!! u are not a product & u deserve to cherish ur own art !!!

Will never forget Ocean Vuong's comments on competitiveness in the arts. He used the metaphor of a racetrack, calling the race “synthetic." Remove all the man-made elements--the track, the fences, the jockeys and numbers--and you have “horses running together in a field.” 💚

looking for writers to volunteer for a panel — please contact us if you will be in los angeles during late july. if you are a younger writer especially, please consider reaching out!

publishing and poetry should be accessible to all. there is a place for you; there is a place for your art.

To celebrate this weekend's You Write Like a Teen literary festival, we invited the teen poets of LA's 309 Collective & Riverside Co's the imperfect poets | subs open! to send us their work. Up first, Bibinaz Nami hits us hard & quick with "When the Dog Learned to Bathe." thecoachellareview.com/2024/07/22/poe…

be sure to follow us on instagram to stay updated. we're so excited to be working with the 309 collective to create this event -- a teen-led, teen-serving lit festival. this saturday:

we're rebranding soon! taking this moment to reflect on the past few years and what's ahead. so much gratitude.