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March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 by Dave Bonta

Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 9

A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond. Although I tend to quote my favorite bits, please do click through and read the whole posts. You can also browse the blog digest archive at Via Negativa or, if you’d like it in your inbox, subscribe on Substack (where the posts might be truncated by some email providers).

This week: death stuck in traffic, puritans vs. mermaids, an inflamed labyrinth, rain falling on asphalt, and much more. Enjoy.

February 23, 2026February 23, 2026 by Dave Bonta

Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 8

This week: notebooks full of angel drawings, a dream of burning, forced dactyls, a springboard to spring, and much more. Enjoy.

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 by Dave Bonta

Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 7

This week: cobra mating season, the hand of a Medieval scribe, a riddling hermit guarding a magic portal, and much more. Enjoy.

February 9, 2026February 9, 2026 by Dave Bonta

Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 6

This week: beach cobbles, resonating surfaces, ambiguous texts, imaginary friends, and much more. Enjoy.

February 2, 2026February 2, 2026 by Dave Bonta

Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 5

This week: yellow plastic whistles, white matter, inhabiting unfamiliar thoughts, eating ice, and much more. Enjoy.

January 26, 2026January 26, 2026 by Dave Bonta

Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 4

This week: falling snow, a broken country, walking on an icy sidewalk, the space in which to take a small breath, and much more. Enjoy.

January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 by Dave Bonta

Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 3

This week: a hell hole, relearning the world, wormy things from the sea bed, a single blue tree, and much more. Enjoy.

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 by Dave Bonta

Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 2

This week: a murdered poet, a wild god, the silence of pine forests, squawks, trills, and yodels, and much more. Enjoy.

December 29, 2025December 29, 2025 by Dave Bonta

Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 52

This week: a magic baby, the local megaliths, over two million lights, the way a poet blinks, and much more. Enjoy! See you in 2026.

December 22, 2025December 22, 2025 by Dave Bonta

Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 51

This week: poems in which the word ‘snow’ matters, the tensions of truth and the body across the experimental lyric, a guy running in the park, a word that feels like a sort of dignified sadness, and much more. Enjoy. And happy holidays! I hope to be back for one last edition of the digest before the New Year.