Ooh, just heard that the #StaffordChallenge are now taking sign-ups for next year. Inspired by William Stafford, it's 'a commitment to writing a poem every day for a year, starting January 17, 2026'. Support includes monthly guest-poet zoom events, and 'bi-weekly inspirational emails'. Free of charge (but donations welcome).
I'm in! Will post here at least occasionally with this hashtag in 2026, and would love to hear from others taking part.
"Buried under the city is a sky."
POPPY OR TACTIC is another short #surrealist #prosepoem from my forthcoming #poetry collection ATHENALOGIA.
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"MILL FLIP" - an oracular prose poem from the forthcoming poetry collection ATHENALOGIA by C. A. Corbell
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"Pigeon test" is a new #poem from my forthcoming book. It's the only iambic pentameter in the book! (There had to be one). It's also a dream poem that makes a transition to the second section of the book, when things get fully surreal...
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"The big Yes or No" is a poem I wrote in response to a Cavafy poem. I also give a translation of Cavafy's poem. The Cavafy poem was itself a response to Dante!
https://youtube.com/shorts/Fm_bDUky4YU
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Hello Apollo
"...
Meteoric angels twist
their fat golden mustaches
and nobody talks about the event horizon
..."
from the forthcoming collection "Athenalogia"
https://youtube.com/shorts/RV858ImENho
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"Aphypnisi", a poem from Athenalogia by C. A. Corbell. The title means awakening (in Greek, αφύπνιση).
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"Sweet, obstinate" - a poem on pessimism and abundance, from Athenalogia by C. A. Corbell
https://youtube.com/shorts/2nBXk0tIH0s
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"Apoleia" is a poem from Athenalogia by C. A. Corbell.
A meditation on loss, it's one of a few regular-meter poems in the collection.
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