Jared Singer
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From “I Have Never Been Suicidal,” by Jared Singer
never wanted to kill myself. I have always believed that life is a gift. Sometimes it’s a gift you don’t want, an itchy sweater you wish you could return. I have never wanted to kill myself, but I have wanted to die. Prayed for it. Jared Singer is an audio engineer and poet. His performances Continue reading
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National Poetry Month 2025
I don’t remember my first poetry book. Not even the first poem I read, though I imagine both might have been something written by Shel Silverstein. I have come to believe that Silverstein’s poetry is the gateway drug for most of us. Though despite not remembering where it started, poetry has become a major part Continue reading
Alan Dugan, Alan Pelaez Lopez, Amalia Ortiz, Amanda Gorman, Ana Castillo, Andrea Gibson, Audre Lorde, Beatriz Miralles de Imperial, César Leonardo de León, Claudia Rankine, Edward Vidaurre, Gregory Sherl, Guy Duke, Jack Kerouac, Jacob Saenz, James K. Baxter, Jared Singer, John Murillo, Kate Rushin, Marvin Bell, Michael Jones, National Poetry Month, Ntozake Shange, Paul Guest, Philip Lamantia, Poetry, R.K. Fauth, Rita Dove, Sabrina Benaim, Shel Silverstein, Tato Laviera, Xochiquetzal Candelaria -
“April 16, 2007” by Jared Singer
It’s become part of Americana, school shootings. They also seem ubiquitous, every day occurrences that become a punchline during the pandemic age. How many times see that last year? That old Tiktok of “Say what you will about Trump, but school shootings have gone down this year.” On the morning of April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Continue reading
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National Poetry Month 2021
“The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman “Fight for Love” by Andrea Gibson “To Elsie” by William Carlos Williams “A Life of Errands” by Leonard Cohen “American Arithmetic” by Natalie Diaz “In the Event of My Demise” by Tupac Amaru Shakur “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World” by Richard Wilbur “Grief Calls Continue reading
Alex Lemon, Amanda Gorman, Andrea Gibson, Anne Sexton, Celina Gomez, Charles Simic, Claudia Rankine, Clint Smith III, Darius Simpson, Edgar Allan Poe, Franny Choi, Ire'ne Lara Silva, Isaac Nellum, Jared Singer, Joy Harjo, Justin Phillip Reed, Leonard Cohen, Molly Brodak, Natalie Diaz, National Poetry Month, Richard Wilbur, Saul Williams, Shane Koyczan, Sherman Alexie, Ted Kooser, Tracy K. Smith, Tupac Amaru Shakur, Vijay Seshadri, William Carlos Williams
Chapin City Blues 