Running and writing a book "are acts of endurance and solitude. They require a lot of patience, enough confidence and nerve to keep going, and the acceptance of failure." My essay @lithub https://t.co/EzTtjXZWmz — Nick Ripatrazone (@nickripatrazone) July 20, 2018
Pro-tip: presses and magazines need two things—writers to publish and readers to engage with the published work. Treat both with the upmost respect because you need them as much (if not more tbh) than they need you. ? — The Shallow Ends (@TheShallowEnds) July 20, 2018
You'd think it would be pretty self evident, wouldn't you? Are there people telling would be poets that there's gold in them thar hills? — Lee Potts ? (@LeePottsPoet) July 20, 2018
If you got into poetry to make money, you're wandered into the wrong arena. If you are here to make art, make joy, make friends, create a community where we help each other, struggle together, and try to make the world a better place, then welcome. — Kelli Russell Agodon (@KelliAgodon) July 20, 2018
I write poetry not to make a living, but to make a life. — Kelli Russell Agodon (@KelliAgodon) July 20, 2018
Only 104 followers to go! So close! — 8 Poems Journal (@8Poems) July 19, 2018
The beautiful view you get when your flight was delayed three hours and you check in really late. pic.twitter.com/W8Toct1z2h — Lee Potts ? (@LeePottsPoet) July 20, 2018
Be resistant / to disease and evil C.D. Wright pic.twitter.com/CxkyLdwWfQ — Hannah VanderHart (@hmvanderhart) July 19, 2018
Agreed I hate all of these people especially @hcohenpoet and don't consider them friends and family at all https://t.co/oH0glFIRZV — Kolleen Carney Hoepfner, Queen of the Burger Pool (@KolleenCarney) July 19, 2018
just heard an old clip of George W Bush and after years of World’s Dumbest Fuck Donald Trump, I was truly like “what is this gorgeous poetry? was this man modern history’s greatest orator?!” — Jen Statsky (@jenstatsky) July 19, 2018