✨ Can #poetry teach us to sit with grief? ✨
In my latest post, I explore how Ted Kooser’s “Pearl” reshaped the way I write about loss—with honesty, courage, and attention to the small, human details. #poetrycommunity #PowerPoetry #amwriting #writingcommunity tinyurl.com/565ak8r5
In my latest post, I explore how Ted Kooser’s “Pearl” reshaped the way I write about loss—with honesty, courage, and attention to the small, human details. #poetrycommunity #PowerPoetry #amwriting #writingcommunity tinyurl.com/565ak8r5
Writing Grief: What I Learned about Emotional Honesty in Poetry from Ted Kooser
Today I'm exploring emotional honesty in poetry with insights from "Pearl" by Ted Kooser. Plus my takeaways in how writing grief can enhance
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December 20, 2024 at 11:21 PM
✨ Can #poetry teach us to sit with grief? ✨
In my latest post, I explore how Ted Kooser’s “Pearl” reshaped the way I write about loss—with honesty, courage, and attention to the small, human details. #poetrycommunity #PowerPoetry #amwriting #writingcommunity tinyurl.com/565ak8r5
In my latest post, I explore how Ted Kooser’s “Pearl” reshaped the way I write about loss—with honesty, courage, and attention to the small, human details. #poetrycommunity #PowerPoetry #amwriting #writingcommunity tinyurl.com/565ak8r5
◆ See this among a collection of some of my #poems as posted to #PowerPoetry (PowerPoetry.org; + relevant #screen-shots (in this reply; + shot (also here) from my main site ➤ '𝑻.𝑮.𝑻.'; read IMG #ALTs!): < powerpoetry.org/poems/%E2%80... >
◆ My PowerPoetry profile: < powerpoetry.org/poet/Vincent... >
◆ My PowerPoetry profile: < powerpoetry.org/poet/Vincent... >
![Screen-shot of comment I made on my own post and poem (post of said poem) to poem-hosting website PowerPoetry (< PowerPoetry.org >)—my poem (juvenilia), written ca. 2007/2008, "A—Ω", as it appears there via my account on the site: Vincent St. Clare. 【SCREEN-SHOT + BLUESKY POST, 12.13.2025】
Comment text follows as ...:
❝INFO: This poem is an exceptionally simple (simplistic[‽]) micro-poem I—Vincent St. Clare (a.k.a.: Fr. C.I./UNKNOWN_CROWN/𝚟_st_𝚌\𝚌æ[𓇯𓂋⭙𓋴]𝚒𝓃𝓃 (ᴄ.∴ɪ.)\‽𓂀♛⸘ (U._C.)\«V.[es.]_[A']Inn.'-i'Mat.–d'S'gr.' (🝯 𓇳♀⛥✫_⸘⓪🃏︎🩸☩𐃯)/[many other different names, current and defunct]/etc., etc., &c., et cetera...—wrote ca. 2007 (juvenilia); it's been posted/published in different places/spaces in several very slightly different iterations, including as 「A—Ω (The Mystic's Dream)」 and 「A—Ω ("Existenz")」...【!】
Sincerely,
～ Vincent St. Clare [2025]❞](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpbdn2otx6xqipae6ceqjcbo/bafkreiad2il32z3bcgjcmbc7zuqeh6uykng4xqcmjzwn5exsja3myesmfy)
![Screen-shot 【12.13.2025; + vide: associated Bluesky post (s.d.)】 of notes (last updated c. 2022(??)) at my—Vincent St. Clare—website, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 (<TheGrandTangent.WordPress.com >; formerly/intermittently <TheGrandTangent.com >) on my c. 2007 (juvenilia) [micro-]poem 「A—Ω」, under footnote №. 3 on the page § 'Poetry, Short Stories, and Miscellany'. 【This ALT text on image uploaded to Bluesky, at my Bluesky page, for reference regarding larger threads, posts, replies, comments, etc. regarding poem in question.】](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpbdn2otx6xqipae6ceqjcbo/bafkreifnzh5dbimoafu7whyh7qh6tlz4p7kx5w5aunlx4dteg4nkzmwek4)
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
◆ See this among a collection of some of my #poems as posted to #PowerPoetry (PowerPoetry.org; + relevant #screen-shots (in this reply; + shot (also here) from my main site ➤ '𝑻.𝑮.𝑻.'; read IMG #ALTs!): < powerpoetry.org/poems/%E2%80... >
◆ My PowerPoetry profile: < powerpoetry.org/poet/Vincent... >
◆ My PowerPoetry profile: < powerpoetry.org/poet/Vincent... >
Had this poem sitting around unfinished for most of this year. Finally got it to a point where I'm comfortable sharing.
#PowerPoetry
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Queerly Unsafe
My favorite poems Are the ones I wrote. Not because they're the best (they're not), But because they make me feel seen; They make me feel heard, If only by me. That's not a feeling I often get: To
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December 2, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Had this poem sitting around unfinished for most of this year. Finally got it to a point where I'm comfortable sharing.
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[P.P.]P.S.(!):
➤ 2–3 extra shots of poem—"A–Ω", &c. ❲+ OTHER 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴/𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴❳—as appears in misc. formats (*see pics—screengrabs—attached to this reply/below*) + 𝕋𝔼𝕏𝕋:
❛Two mirrors stand
Adjacent, opposed
Staring into the infinity
They strive to approach
Becoming,
Bur never being❜
➤ 2–3 extra shots of poem—"A–Ω", &c. ❲+ OTHER 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴/𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴❳—as appears in misc. formats (*see pics—screengrabs—attached to this reply/below*) + 𝕋𝔼𝕏𝕋:
❛Two mirrors stand
Adjacent, opposed
Staring into the infinity
They strive to approach
Becoming,
Bur never being❜
![「A–Ω」 – by Vincent St. Clare (poem, juvenilia—2007) ~ screenshot № 1 [of 3[?—&c. ...]; source: [possibly] Instagram (Insta profile/page: @vincent_st._clare) / Facebook (FB profile/page (URL): <facebook.com/v.st.clare>)[—first[?] "take"].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpbdn2otx6xqipae6ceqjcbo/bafkreifle3huwzmrzefi4rvxebdxzvfub5kmy7xzbeobqa67gctqqsrqpy)
![「A–Ω」 – by Vincent St. Clare (poem, juvenilia—2007) ~ screenshot № 2 [of 3[?—&c. ...]; source: [possibly] Instagram (Insta profile/page: @vincent_st._clare) / Facebook (FB profile/page (URL): <facebook.com/v.st.clare>)—second[?] "take".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpbdn2otx6xqipae6ceqjcbo/bafkreia5b7wngoinsdbpwlm5ehiggw6dp67xkyg4jfk4pjlzwg2p5yzjue)
July 22, 2026 at 9:47 PM
[P.P.]P.S.(!):
➤ 2–3 extra shots of poem—"A–Ω", &c. ❲+ OTHER 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴/𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴❳—as appears in misc. formats (*see pics—screengrabs—attached to this reply/below*) + 𝕋𝔼𝕏𝕋:
❛Two mirrors stand
Adjacent, opposed
Staring into the infinity
They strive to approach
Becoming,
Bur never being❜
➤ 2–3 extra shots of poem—"A–Ω", &c. ❲+ OTHER 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴/𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴❳—as appears in misc. formats (*see pics—screengrabs—attached to this reply/below*) + 𝕋𝔼𝕏𝕋:
❛Two mirrors stand
Adjacent, opposed
Staring into the infinity
They strive to approach
Becoming,
Bur never being❜
^^ ** [... I realized that this is a repeat upload... Ah, well, in any case—just like on [my respective] Medium, PowerPoetry, and Instagram [pages] (thus far!)—here's the very same poem ("Revelations[?]"), in whatever form, on [my] AllPoetry [page ([user:] Empty Sky)]: allpoetry.com/poem/1249566...
Revelations[?] by Empty Sky at Allpoetry
Forty cents for some paper / —and what for the chance-pen? / Found that one, found... Published at the web's largest poetry site.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
^^ ** [... I realized that this is a repeat upload... Ah, well, in any case—just like on [my respective] Medium, PowerPoetry, and Instagram [pages] (thus far!)—here's the very same poem ("Revelations[?]"), in whatever form, on [my] AllPoetry [page ([user:] Empty Sky)]: allpoetry.com/poem/1249566...
This poem on PowerPoetry: prod.powerpoetry.org/poems/revelations-6
Gen-A.I.+human: Ed. of image — visual addition/companion for pub. alongside “Revelations[?]” — via text prompt. (Written for A.I. image generator, 2024; NOTE: I've long since disavowed the use of generative A.I. tech/tools!)
Gen-A.I.+human: Ed. of image — visual addition/companion for pub. alongside “Revelations[?]” — via text prompt. (Written for A.I. image generator, 2024; NOTE: I've long since disavowed the use of generative A.I. tech/tools!)
!["Revelations[?]", an original poem by V. St. Clare, written c. 2011; feat. gen-A.I.–human ‘collab’ [image/visual]: An edited version of an image — a visual addition to, or companion [static visual] image for publication alongside, “Revelations[?]” — created via text prompt. (Written/entered into A.I. image generator, 2024; NOTE: I have long since disavowed the use of generative A.I. tech and related tools!)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpbdn2otx6xqipae6ceqjcbo/bafkreiehgm4xrj4rce3f5emrvmxexx7cazoogt3vtaxeot2umijeshzm3u)
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This poem on PowerPoetry: prod.powerpoetry.org/poems/revelations-6
Gen-A.I.+human: Ed. of image — visual addition/companion for pub. alongside “Revelations[?]” — via text prompt. (Written for A.I. image generator, 2024; NOTE: I've long since disavowed the use of generative A.I. tech/tools!)
Gen-A.I.+human: Ed. of image — visual addition/companion for pub. alongside “Revelations[?]” — via text prompt. (Written for A.I. image generator, 2024; NOTE: I've long since disavowed the use of generative A.I. tech/tools!)