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 I noticed a lot of my pervious poetry posts become outdated when a YouTube video either gets removed or goes private.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