I know of waterfalls, the long, golden
tresses of little girls singing for men
and death to thieves who dream
of pillaging the treasures of a land
— Our #PoetoftheWeek, Magdalena Arias Vásquez
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tresses of little girls singing for men
and death to thieves who dream
of pillaging the treasures of a land
— Our #PoetoftheWeek, Magdalena Arias Vásquez
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
Magdalena Arias Vásquez — Brooklyn Poets
Brooklyn Poets Fellow
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February 2, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I know of waterfalls, the long, golden
tresses of little girls singing for men
and death to thieves who dream
of pillaging the treasures of a land
— Our #PoetoftheWeek, Magdalena Arias Vásquez
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
tresses of little girls singing for men
and death to thieves who dream
of pillaging the treasures of a land
— Our #PoetoftheWeek, Magdalena Arias Vásquez
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
The world doesn’t need more
mango diaspora poetry, proclaims
a viral tweet. I hit the block button.
—Our #PoetofTheWeek, Ally Ang (@TheOceanisGay)
Ally will be a featured reader for the Brooklyn Poets Reading Series on Friday, January 23rd!
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mango diaspora poetry, proclaims
a viral tweet. I hit the block button.
—Our #PoetofTheWeek, Ally Ang (@TheOceanisGay)
Ally will be a featured reader for the Brooklyn Poets Reading Series on Friday, January 23rd!
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Ally Ang — Brooklyn Poets
Featured for Reading Series
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January 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The world doesn’t need more
mango diaspora poetry, proclaims
a viral tweet. I hit the block button.
—Our #PoetofTheWeek, Ally Ang (@TheOceanisGay)
Ally will be a featured reader for the Brooklyn Poets Reading Series on Friday, January 23rd!
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
mango diaspora poetry, proclaims
a viral tweet. I hit the block button.
—Our #PoetofTheWeek, Ally Ang (@TheOceanisGay)
Ally will be a featured reader for the Brooklyn Poets Reading Series on Friday, January 23rd!
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
I quench my thirst with libations, liquor
spilled on club floors. An unknown offering.
Pray to me at night, while other gods sleep.
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Ugochi Egonu
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spilled on club floors. An unknown offering.
Pray to me at night, while other gods sleep.
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Ugochi Egonu
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Ugochi Egonu — Brooklyn Poets
Bed-Stuy
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January 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I quench my thirst with libations, liquor
spilled on club floors. An unknown offering.
Pray to me at night, while other gods sleep.
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Ugochi Egonu
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spilled on club floors. An unknown offering.
Pray to me at night, while other gods sleep.
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Ugochi Egonu
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Sang. Her illness rewrote the glass of her house with its books flush with English, a language not hers by birth. When she was younger, and alive, she handed down her first Shakespeare to my child hands.
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Disha Trivedi
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—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Disha Trivedi
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Disha Trivedi — Brooklyn Poets
Featured for 2025 Awards Gala
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November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sang. Her illness rewrote the glass of her house with its books flush with English, a language not hers by birth. When she was younger, and alive, she handed down her first Shakespeare to my child hands.
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Disha Trivedi
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—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Disha Trivedi
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we were already in mourning
cells bathed in fight or flight
having lost everything to bits
in battlefields of wind-rain clapping
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Dorsía Smith Silva
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cells bathed in fight or flight
having lost everything to bits
in battlefields of wind-rain clapping
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Dorsía Smith Silva
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Dorsía Smith Silva — Brooklyn Poets
Featured for Friday Night Open
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November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
we were already in mourning
cells bathed in fight or flight
having lost everything to bits
in battlefields of wind-rain clapping
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Dorsía Smith Silva
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
cells bathed in fight or flight
having lost everything to bits
in battlefields of wind-rain clapping
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Dorsía Smith Silva
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
The Moon is my sister. All her light is second-handed.
A letting scar, a cooing wound. My feet are ballrooms
filled with gospel, my many organs conspiring to live.
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Jasmine Reid
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A letting scar, a cooing wound. My feet are ballrooms
filled with gospel, my many organs conspiring to live.
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Jasmine Reid
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
Jasmine Reid — Brooklyn Poets
Bed-Stuy
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November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Moon is my sister. All her light is second-handed.
A letting scar, a cooing wound. My feet are ballrooms
filled with gospel, my many organs conspiring to live.
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Jasmine Reid
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
A letting scar, a cooing wound. My feet are ballrooms
filled with gospel, my many organs conspiring to live.
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Jasmine Reid
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
Because the worst part of summer in New York City
is the subway
where the difference between hostility collected on the platform
and barren cold in the car
is so vicious
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Sullivan Summer
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is the subway
where the difference between hostility collected on the platform
and barren cold in the car
is so vicious
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Sullivan Summer
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Sullivan Summer — Brooklyn Poets
Featured Reader and Organizer of Adoptee Voices
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October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Because the worst part of summer in New York City
is the subway
where the difference between hostility collected on the platform
and barren cold in the car
is so vicious
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Sullivan Summer
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
is the subway
where the difference between hostility collected on the platform
and barren cold in the car
is so vicious
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Sullivan Summer
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
there’s nothing to finger beyond
the pink : tender : ageless : intricate : the more
I try to find the feeling the more diffuse
it becomes
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Keetje Kuipers
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the pink : tender : ageless : intricate : the more
I try to find the feeling the more diffuse
it becomes
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Keetje Kuipers
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
Keetje Kuipers — Brooklyn Poets
Featured for Reading Series
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October 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
there’s nothing to finger beyond
the pink : tender : ageless : intricate : the more
I try to find the feeling the more diffuse
it becomes
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Keetje Kuipers
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
the pink : tender : ageless : intricate : the more
I try to find the feeling the more diffuse
it becomes
—Our #PoetoftheWeek, Keetje Kuipers
brooklynpoets.org/community/po...
Poet Emerald Carter is our (Jun 23-29, 2025)! Explore her poetry & thoughts in a captivating interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet… Don't miss it! #PoetOfTheWeek https://fefd.link/8X26E
June 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Poet Emerald Carter is our (Jun 23-29, 2025)! Explore her poetry & thoughts in a captivating interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet… Don't miss it! #PoetOfTheWeek https://fefd.link/8X26E
Honoured to be featured this week as a Poet of the Week at Poetry Super Highway.
Two of my poems—"Has the West Always Been Uncivilized?" and "A Beautiful Life of Loneliness"—are up now:
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/gajtcojzoc
#poetry #PoetOfTheWeek #WritingLife @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social
Two of my poems—"Has the West Always Been Uncivilized?" and "A Beautiful Life of Loneliness"—are up now:
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/gajtcojzoc
#poetry #PoetOfTheWeek #WritingLife @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social
June 23-29, 2025: Poetry from John Brantingham and JM Kehoe - Poetry Super Highway
Poetry from John Brantingham (Jamestown, New York) and JM Kehoe (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
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June 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Honoured to be featured this week as a Poet of the Week at Poetry Super Highway.
Two of my poems—"Has the West Always Been Uncivilized?" and "A Beautiful Life of Loneliness"—are up now:
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/gajtcojzoc
#poetry #PoetOfTheWeek #WritingLife @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social
Two of my poems—"Has the West Always Been Uncivilized?" and "A Beautiful Life of Loneliness"—are up now:
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/gajtcojzoc
#poetry #PoetOfTheWeek #WritingLife @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social
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