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20 May Alice Notley, 1945–2025

Posted at 01:00h in Community

Just Buffalo Literary Center joins the poetry world in honoring the life & fierce legacy of Alice Notley who sadly transitioned this week.

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18 May My Name by Irene Sipos

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

My name means peace,
after Irene, the Greek goddess.

Read "My Name" by Irene Sipos.

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11 May Taking Dictation​ by Brandel France de Bravo

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

I’m Berlusconi minus the pomade, Putin’s twenty bottles
of vodka and birthday mash note. You’re one of my five
real friends. Just as a poet always writes for other poets,

Read "Taking Dictation" by Brandel France de Bravo.

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04 May Two poems by Peter Siedlecki

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

Arrested,
Apprehended,
Disappeared,
Severed from those he loves.

Read two poems by Peter Siedlecki.

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27 Apr Wounded by George Howell

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

I take things too seriously,
take things to heart,
a cliché, yes

Read "Wounded" by George Howell.

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20 Apr Origin Story by Steven Duong

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

In the Year of the Hare I saw in your face
an invasive species of love which said
If this is how you live your life

Read "Origin Story" by Steven Duong.

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14 Apr Announcing the 2025 JBLC Poetry Fellow

Posted at 09:00h in JBLC Fellowships, Poetry Fellowships

We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2025 Poetry Fellowship: Nabila Lovelace of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Their first book Sons of Achilles is available from YesYes Books. Lovelace will visit Buffalo this August for a writing residency and read at the August 30 Silo City Reading Series event.

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13 Apr A sonnet by David Hadbawnik

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

The ice on the lake is melting in broad
pockmarked sections aesthetically it’s
pleasing to imagine stepping out on

Read "A sonnet" by David Hadbawnik.

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06 Apr Why This Haunted Middle and Door Hung with Haunted Girl Bones by Hoa Nguyen

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

When I feel moved and then say I am touched,
it’s another presence inside me I sense,
the dip of an oar, a canoe being launched.

Read "Why This Haunted Middle and Door Hung with Haunted Girl Bones" by Hoa Nguyen.

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30 Mar TOUCHED by Molly Peacock

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

When I feel moved and then say I am touched,
it’s another presence inside me I sense,
the dip of an oar, a canoe being launched.

Read "Touched" by Molly Peacock.

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