Poetry Break

National Poetry Month 2023

We’re doing something a little different for National Poetry Month. I noticed a lot of my pervious poetry posts become outdated when a YouTube video either gets removed or goes private. This year, I decided to make use of my Canva subscription to create pretty pictures with the poems embedded in them. This will also make it easier to share on sites like Instagram, Facebook, Mastodon, etc.

  1. “For the White Person Who Wants to Know How to be My Friend” by Pat Parker
  2. “Wellness Check” by Andrea Gibson
  3. “Why Bother?” by Sean Thomas Dougherty
  4. “After the Meal” by Bert Meyers
  5. “DM Pretty” by Tank and the Bangas
  6. “The Type” by Sarah Kay
  7. “Gentrification” by Junious “Jay” Ward
  8. “Anxiety: A Ghost Story” by Brenna Twohy
  9. “MAGA Hat in the Chemo Room” by Andrea Gibson
  10. “Self-Preservation” by Chiagoziem Jideofor
  11. “Baby’s First Intersex Birthday” by Matt Mitchell
  12. “Lunch” by Sienna Meadow Burnett
  13. “Affirmation #______” by Ebony Stewart
  14. “Alzheimer’s” by William J. Harris
  15. “Breaking the Link” by Doc Luben
  16. “Turning Forty” by Jonathan Galassi
  17. “A message to you all” by Cassie Workman (TikTok: @ghostcassie)
  18. “Coupons” by José Antonio Rodríguez
  19. “Anxiety” by A. R. Ammons
  20. “If William Carlos Williams Could Even” by César Leonardo de León
  21. “Exit Routes” by Emmy Perez
  22. “Mirrors at 4 a.m.” by Charles Simic
  23. “Prey and Predator” by Jan Seale
  24. “Hermano,” by ire’ne lara silva
  25. “Mi Revolución” by René Saldaña, Jr.
  26. “Hazy Lazy Crazy” by by Veronica Sandoval (a.k.a. Lady Mariposa)
  27. “Back to School Shopping” by Kate Baer
  28. “anti poetica” by Danez Smith
  29. “The Dog You Feed” by Emma Bolden
  30. “Whatever Happened to the Coffee Love Guy?” by Guillermo Corona
Books

Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5.

What It’s About:

In Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily, we find that our favorite pair are in a good place. Dash was accepted to Oxford University and Lily took a gap year in order to grow her dog walking business (and become a dog-fluencer in the process). Things are finally looking good for the couple, that is until Dash announces that he won’t be coming home for Christmas. As a romantic gesture, Lily hops on a plane to give Dash a much needed holiday surprise. In true Dash & Lily form, however, things don’t go exactly as planned.

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Books

The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Rating:

Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

What It’s About:

The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily picks up a year after the events of Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares. In that time, Lily’s grandfather suffered a heart attack and his road to recovery has left a strain on her usual cheery disposition. With twelve days left until Christmas, Lily’s older brother Langston swallows his pride and teams up with Dash* and company to help Lily rediscover the magic in the world around her.

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Books

Dash And Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5.

What It’s About:

From the authors who co-wrote Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist comes Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares, a story of a girl, a boy, a red notebook, and New York City. 

Two partially-aloof strangers meet through quirky circumstances as Lily leaves behind a red notebook in a book store only for it to come into Dash’s possession. What follows is a whirlwind romance as the two challenge each other with dares that’ll bring them outside of their comfort zone and, possibly, into each other’s arms.

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Film 365

There’s Something Wrong With The Children (2023)

Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

Movie Details: 

Director: Roxanne Benjamin
Writer(s): T.J. Cimfel and David White
Starring: Zach Gilford, Alisha Wainwright, Amanda Crew, Carlos Santos, Briella Guiza, and David Mattle.
Production: Blumhouse Television & MGM+
Distribution: Paramount Home Entertainment
Release Date: January 17, 2023
Runtime: 92 minutes
Rated: Not Rated

What It’s About:

Margaret (Wainwright) and Ben (Gilford) take a weekend trip with their longtime friends Ellie (Crew) and Thomas (Santos) and their two children, Lucy (Guiza) and Spencer (Mattle). After discovering a strange structure built into the cave, Ben notices something different with the children that the others don’t. And he suspects there’s something wrong with the children and it’s something supernatural. 

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Books

Yes, Daddy by Jonathan Parks-Ramage

Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

What It’s About:

Yes, Daddy follows Jonah Keller, a Middle America young, gay man, who dreams of becoming a successful playwright. And while he moved to New York City to achieve this dream, he finds himself living in a rundown sublet, begging to work extra hours at a  restaurant, barely making rent each month. 

Enter Richard Shriver, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Jonah orchestrates their meeting and soon they’re having a passionate affair. Things go well, at first. Richard lavishes Jonah with gifts and even offers to help pay for his rent. But nothing is free in this world, as Jonah soon finds out. 

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