Poetry Buds
Brianne Alcala, Jenny ScottFor those with a budding interest in poetry (or those would would love to be among poetry buddies).
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Rabindranath Tagore: “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; / Where knowledge is free; / Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls...”
We are delighted to welcome a guest writer to Poetry Buds, Kelly Boyd! Kelly is a lifelong literature lover, an award-winning teacher, mentor, and coach. Today’s post emerged from the rich, nuanced conversations that Kelly has with her high...
Gabrielle Calvocoressi: “Sometimes the things / that matter to you won’t matter / to anyone but you. And that’s redemption.”
We are delighted to welcome a guest writer to Poetry Buds, poet Amanda Russell! Amanda is an editor for The Comstock Review and a Pushcart nominee with publications in The Shore, Gulf Stream, Grand Journal, and elsewhere. Her poem "The Bliz...
William Stafford: “It could happen any time, tornado, / earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen. / Or sunshine, love, salvation.”
William Stafford is the Cal Ripken of poets.
Or perhaps: Cal Ripken is the William Stafford of baseball players.
Each was persistent in their daily habit that drove an extraordinary body of work.
Ripken was a legendary Baltimore Orioles...
Kay Ryan: “Unlean against our hearts. / Withdraw your grandeur / from these parts.”
One word. A single word. And I was smitten.
I’ve fallen for a poet because of a single poem before, even because of a single line. But never because of a single word.
This is how it happened. I was listening to a Frank Skinner’s Poetry Po...
Ada Limón: “Patient, plodding, a green skin / growing over whatever winter did to us.”
This is #1 of our 2026 National Poetry Month series, in which we share some of our favorite poets in April. Follow along all month, or visit the archive for our 2025 April poet series.
As we welcome glorious spring, I am reminded of...
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