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J. Estanislao Lopez
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Author of WE BORROWED GENTLENESS (Alice James Books). Link: www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/we-borrowed-gentleness Poems in New Yorker, Poetry, Rumpus, and elsewhere
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This poet, this poem. ⚡💥 ✨ @estanislaopoet.bsky.social

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Blues jam on a Tuesday night when I start teaching at 7am? I thought you'd never ask 🤠

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Places open for subs today: AGNI River Teeth The Kenyon Review The Cincinnati Review New England Review The Southern Review The Yale Review Bellevue Literary Review

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"Poem with Human Intelligence" by @estanislaopoet.bsky.social

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Entirely happy to announce my second collection- PRAYER HOLDING NIGHT: NEW & SELECTED WORKS (Forthcoming, TCU Press) Spring, 2025! This is part of the Texas Poet Laureate Series-

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A poem I turn to in my writing slumps

The Higher Reaches

A man had less and less to say,
and said it better and better.

"Soon," he gloated, "I'll have
nothing to say, and I'll say it
perfectly. 

By Bruce Bennett
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Hey, Big 🍎! Coming atcha on August 22nd with some poems and other badass poets: https://bryantpark.org/calendar/event/poetry/2023-08-22

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7yo: I feel bad for cats in cartoons . . . Me: Why is that, honey? 7yo: Anytime someone throws something behind them without looking---it hits a cat.

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“The point of departure for the politician and the poet is completely different. The poet always says sorry, I've done wrong, and the politician says look at me, I'm always right.” —Kim Min Jeong https://aaww.org/ill-do-what-i-want-a-conversation-with-kim-min-jeong/

be honest. The political inclination and the poetic inclination are in direct confrontation.
I mean why do poets write? Because of guilt. A guilty conscience. When we've done something wrong, like when a poet in love is sorry and hurt, they'll write a poem about it and start feeling even more vexed about it. That's the poetic mind. But if a politician admits error or fault, that's it, their political life is over. The point of departure for the politician and the poet is completely different. The poet always says sorry, I've done wrong, and the politician says look at me, I'm always right.
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J. Estanislao Lopez
@estanislaopoet.bsky.social
Author of WE BORROWED GENTLENESS (Alice James Books). Link: www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/we-borrowed-gentleness Poems in New Yorker, Poetry, Rumpus, and elsewhere
227 followers229 following6 posts