Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003.
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: the idea of blackbirds, the bones of a feeling, an assembly of hares, and more. Enjoy.
Continue reading “Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 18”
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: plastic dragons, writing for the bees, earwig spiracles, the planet as a prayer wheel, and much more. Enjoy.
Continue reading “Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 17”
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: sea glass, lilacs, lapwings, catkins, and much more. Enjoy.
Continue reading “Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 16”
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: the church of heart and hurt, beachcombing for the broken bits, children marching in the street, and much more. Enjoy.
Continue reading “Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 15”
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).
All over the northern hemisphere, it seems, spring has sprung, bringing a new crop of words to the poetry blogs this week: takatalvi, the quadrille, dindsenchas, reclamă, A.S.M.R., and more. Enjoy!
Continue reading “Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 12”
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: when the egg is already broken, when women were birds, when everything seems a little closer, and when poetry makes us squirm. Enjoy.
Continue reading “Poetry Blog Digest 2025, 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: milk-blue light, a bag of grief, demonic possession, the promise of spring, and more. Enjoy.
Continue reading “Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 8”
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: dwelling in the underworld, writing with children, drilling holes in logs, dancing with a blank canvas, rolling around in the dirt, and more. Enjoy.
Continue reading “Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 7”
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: purple dreaming, invisible strings, the lives of strangers, every bloodstained stone, and more. Enjoy.
Continue reading “Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 6”
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: oystercatchers, blood stew, the ground and the groundless, lovers’ clocks, and more. Enjoy.
Continue reading “Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 5”