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 I noticed a lot of my pervious poetry posts become outdated when a YouTube video either gets removed or goes private.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.
- “For the White Person Who Wants to Know How to be My Friend” by Pat Parker
- “Wellness Check” by Andrea Gibson
- “Why Bother?” by Sean Thomas Dougherty
- “After the Meal” by Bert Meyers
- “DM Pretty” by Tank and the Bangas
- “The Type” by Sarah Kay
- “Gentrification” by Junious “Jay” Ward
- “Anxiety: A Ghost Story” by Brenna Twohy
- “MAGA Hat in the Chemo Room” by Andrea Gibson
- “Self-Preservation” by Chiagoziem Jideofor
- “Baby’s First Intersex Birthday” by Matt Mitchell
- “Lunch” by Sienna Meadow Burnett
- “Affirmation #______” by Ebony Stewart
- “Alzheimer’s” by William J. Harris
- “Breaking the Link” by Doc Luben
- “Turning Forty” by Jonathan Galassi
- “A message to you all” by Cassie Workman (TikTok: @ghostcassie)
- “Coupons” by José Antonio Rodríguez
- “Anxiety” by A. R. Ammons
- “If William Carlos Williams Could Even” by César Leonardo de León
- “Exit Routes” by Emmy Perez
- “Mirrors at 4 a.m.” by Charles Simic
- “Prey and Predator” by Jan Seale
- “Hermano,” by ire’ne lara silva
- “Mi Revolución” by René Saldaña, Jr.
- “Hazy Lazy Crazy” by by Veronica Sandoval (a.k.a. Lady Mariposa)
- “Back to School Shopping” by Kate Baer
- “anti poetica” by Danez Smith
- “The Dog You Feed” by Emma Bolden
- “Whatever Happened to the Coffee Love Guy?” by Guillermo Corona
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