Mastodawn

Wind & rumor swirl in the drum of each ear.

How to Write a Yusefian Ode
Terrance Hayes

#Poetry #TerranceHayes #Ode #Elegy #YusefKomunyakaa

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/1740171/how-to-write-a-yusefian-ode

How to Write a Yusefian Ode

You are pardoned the natural & unnatural Abrasions acquired in living the life of a Black boy Born near enough to Mississippi to spell it quickly By age 5. Plus, the abrasions acquired in living When Emmett Till was alive & living after. Store notes on the notes of jasmine saturating The air of…

The Poetry Foundation

Andrew Shields Dec 8

suddenly fluttering to a new song

Zora in Beaufort, 1940
Terrance Hayes

#Poetry #TerranceHayes #ZoraNealeHurston #Beaufort

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/1740165/zora-in-beaufort-1940

Zora in Beaufort, 1940

Around town she heard of ancestors who escaped into the swamps living for decades on raccoon, snakeroot & turtle soup, all of which Zora recorded, but in church she sang a song about a mule on a mountain, pausing from time to time to pass along tales & details about other diasporic Black folk she…

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Andrew Shields Aug 7, 2025

stand before a steamy mirror

Make the Audiobook Before the Book Is Made
Terrance Hayes

#Poetry #TerranceHayes #TheNewYorker #Audiobook #Book #Mirrors #Mornings

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/26/make-the-audiobook-before-the-book-is-made-terrance-hayes-poem

“Make the Audiobook Before the Book Is Made”

Poetry by Terrance Hayes: “Each morning, stand before a steamy mirror / talking to your reflection.”

The New Yorker

damian entwistle Feb 17, 2025

Today's poem:

Vintage Vanity
- by Terrance Hayes

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/775717211292778496/vintage-vanity?source=share

#poetry #publishing #VanityPress #TerranceHayes #anthology #money

Vintage Vanity

Congratulations! It is with great enthusiasm that we at Vintage Vanity Press formally accept your debut poetry collection. Today’s poem, by Terrance Hayes.

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katrintheresa Nov 20, 2024

“But to rescue a soul is as close
as anyone comes to God.
Think of Noah lifting a small black bird
from its nest. Think of Joseph,
raising a son that wasn’t his.

Let me begin again.
I want to be holy.”

#TerranceHayes — happy belated birthday https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48954/the-same-city #poetry

The Same City

The rain falling on a night in mid-December, I pull to my father’s engine wondering how long I’ll remember this. I wrap her in the blanket, staring for what seems like a long time into her open, toothless mouth, and wish she was mine. I feed her an orange softened first in my mouth, chewed gently…

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Andrew Shields Oct 13, 2024

Metrical variation in Terrance Hayes's poem "How To Fold" ("So To Speak", 2023). #111Words #TerranceHayes #HowToFold #SoToSpeak #Poetry #Literature #Meter #Prosody https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/10/metrical-variation-in-terrance-hayess.html

Metrical variation in Terrance Hayes's poem "How To Fold" ("So To Speak", 2023)

Terrance Hayes's poem " How To Fold " ("So To Speak", 2023) begins with dactyls: "Seated alone at the edge of the bed". The poem is in coupl...

Andrew Shields Oct 11, 2024

Terrance Hayes’s poem "Do Not Put Your Head Under Your Arm”, PechaKucha, proper names, and Isamu Noguchi. #111Words #TerranceHayes #SoToSpeak #ContemporaryPoetry #IsamuNoguchi #PechaKucha #FranzKafka #WhitneyHouston #DionneWarwick #HenriMatisse #PabloPicasso #AlfredHitchcock #Vertigo #Literature #Poetry #Painting #Sculpture #Film #DoNotPutYourHeadUnderYourArm https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/10/terrance-hayess-poem-do-not-put-your.html

Terrance Hayes’s poem "Do Not Put Your Head Under Your Arm”, PechaKucha, proper names, and Isamu Noguchi

Terrance Hayes calls his poem "Do Not Put Your Head Under Your Arm" (from " So To Speak ", 2023) "an analogue PechaKucha", a Japanese presen...

Andrew Shields Sep 20, 2024

Terrance Hayes and his revision of poems between magazine and book publication. #111Words #TerranceHayes #SoToSpeak #Continuity #Poetry #Literature #AmericanSonnetsForMyPastAndFutureAssassin #TheNewYorker https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/09/terrance-hayes-and-his-revision-of.html

Terrance Hayes and his revision of poems between magazine and book publication

For the first session of my Contemporary Poetry seminar this semester, I picked out the poem "Continuity", by Terrance Hayes ("So To Speak",...

Trevor Burrows Apr 16, 2024

Bob Kaufman - "Unhistorical Events"

"APOLLINAIRE
NEVER MET CINDER BOTTOM BLUE, /
FAT SAXOPHONE PLAYER WHO LAUGHED /
WHILE PLAYING AND HAD STEEL TEETH"

Full poem in the pics. A few comments/random thoughts in this thread.

Listen to #TerranceHayes read the poem here:

https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/263/3384

#TodaysPoem #BobKaufman #PoemsOnHistory #PoetryNotes

The Hopkins Review Feb 2, 2024

Poems by #TerranceHayes and #ClaudiaRankine on CLMP’s #BlackHistoryMonth reading list. Both Hayes and Rankine’s work is free to read and download all month on #ProjectMUSE.

https://www.clmp.org/news/a-reading-list-for-black-history-month-2024/

A Reading List for Black History Month 2024 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

For Black History Month, observed annually during the month of February, we asked our member magazines and presses to share with us some of the books and literary journals they recommend reading in celebration. Poetry Rupture by Monique Adelle Codhill Press | 2023 Rupture “weaves together the history of enslaved women in the […]

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