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So thrilled to be on a panel with @marisazeppieri at the @annapolisbook in April! I'll be talking about my new book Buoyant: What Held Us Up When Our Bodies Let Us Down amazon.com/Buoyant-What-Held…

Here's to my favorite birding buddy! #BlackInNature #BlackBirdersWeek May birding always be part of his life!

Are you following The Slowdown #theslowdownshow with US Poet Laureate Tracy K Smith? Then stop everything and treat yourself right now! 5 minute podcast, a poem on Instagram or delivered to your inbox. The podcast will soothe and smooth your day. instagram.com/p/BrBGu_hBLya/…

This is one that stays inside you, one you carry because it holds the heart of someone yearning. So many wonderful lines. If you have not done so already— stop what you are doing and read it. @lutherxhughes

A day of sad remembrance. A day of action. Check out @HRC's report: A National Epidemic: Fatal Anti-Transgender Violence in America in 2018 hrc.org/resources/a-national… via @HRC

“We also write for wisdom; we sneak our way toward it, I think.” Novelist Richard Powers after Barbara Kingsolver @b_kingsolver says “And I think we reach for wisdom, don’t we?” A conversation in @poetswritersinc

A5: Go to readings by poets you do not know, perhaps have never heard of. A new favorite awaits! #BetterNJ

A4: listening to poets read their own poems is like jumping into the ocean - salty, encompassing, exhilarating! #BetterNJ

A3: Listening to Patricia Smith at the 2012 Dodge. Her poems, her performance - breathtaking. #BetterNJ

A2: A Blessing by James Wright made me realize that a poem can capture the ineffable through an everyday occurrence. #BetterNJ