Maybe He is a Comet

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]   April 29, 2022 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [A figure in gray clothing stands with their hand at their throat, meditative, while clouds of yellow and orange butterfly patterns swirl around.]( Essay [Nothing to Hide Under All This Sun]( In Time Is a Mother, Ocean Vuong puzzles over language—and his own history. By Paul Mendez [Illustration of a man drinking an overflowing cup of milk, surrounded by rainbows and bees. An owl perches on one shoulder, a small bird perches on another.]( Essay [Maybe He Is a Comet]( An inadvertent autobiography and a posthumous collection capture Tomaž Šalamun's ethic of astonishment. By David Schurman Wallace [Illustration of people in a line with their arms on each other's shoulders.]( collection [Poems That Say Thank You]( Classic and contemporary poems of gratitude to send when you’re feeling thankful. By The Editors [Portion of a retro kitchen, view of brass pots and utensils against white-and-green patterned wallpaper, an electric stovetop with an exhaust hood above with bright fluorescent light. cream colored counters.]( Featured Blogger [Reading Like a Guest]( Impatience does not stir the curtains, a bed is neither irritable nor rapacious. Whatever disquiet we sense in a room we have brought there.                    ... By Noah Baldino Featured Podcasts POETRY MAGAZINE [Srikanth Reddy in Conversation with Don Mee Choi]( As a poet, Don Mee Choi invites readers into her personal history–which is also the history of her father and of war. In this episode, Srikanth Reddy talks with Choi about her work and influences. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen POETRY off the shelf [The Body You Control]( Kim Moore on playing the trumpet, misogyny, and the men we love. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen VS [Roll Call: Three Castles and the Music City]( In October of 1871, the oldest University in Nashville TN, teetered on the brink of collapse. To survive, Fisk University staked its last $40 on a set of field hymns and 10 descendants of American slavery. The singing group carried melodies their families shared in secret from the cotton fields of middle Tennessee to the high court of the Queen of England. The landmark tours of the Fisk Jubilee Singers rescued a university, gave Nashville its identity, and set the course of American music. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen Poem Talk [Teach Us Love: A discussion of “Language” and “The Anatomy of Monotony” by Eugene Ostashevsky]( Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Matvei Yankelevich, Ahmad Almallah, and Kevin Platt. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen   [More Featured Podcasts]( SUBSCRIBE [GET POETRY]( [The Poetry Foundation]( [The Poetry Foundation on Twitter]( [The Poetry Foundation on Facebook]( [The Poetry Foundation on Instagram](   You have received this email because you submitted your email address at www.poetryfoundation.org. You may [unsubscribe]( or [change]( your newsletter subscription preferences at any time. © 2022 Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation 61 W. Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 USA #