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Postcard of advice from Eloise Klein Healy

Postcard of advice from Eloise Klein Healy

Poem in your Pocket Day: The Book.

Postcard of advice from Carl Phillips

Postcard of advice from Carl Phillips

Advice to Writers: 1. Learn the names of the plants & animals in your backyard.2. Champion the writing of others.3. Practice the art of the Thank You - note.4. Learn the names of the stars, moons, and planets.5. Floss!5 1/2. Even if you are writing about something awful, something that you hate, write out ofM LOVE. xo - Aimee (Nezhukumatathil)

Advice to Writers:

1. Learn the names of the plants & animals in your backyard.
2. Champion the writing of others.
3. Practice the art of the Thank You - note.
4. Learn the names of the stars, moons, and planets.
5. Floss!
5 1/2. Even if you are writing about something awful, something that you hate, write out ofM LOVE. 
xo - Aimee (Nezhukumatathil)

Postcard of advice from Joyelle McSweeney

Postcard of advice from Joyelle McSweeney

Advice to young poets, from Terese Svoboda (via Gracy Paley)

Advice to young poets, from Terese Svoboda (via Gracy Paley)

Yes, there is a tumblr called: poetswithoutclothes.tumblr.com And, yes, this is William Carlos Williams

Yes, there is a tumblr called: poetswithoutclothes.tumblr.com

And, yes, this is William Carlos Williams

Pablo Picasso to Gertrude Stein, 1919.

Pablo Picasso to Gertrude Stein, 1919.

A postcard of advice from Amy Lawless

A postcard of advice from Amy Lawless

poetrysociety: “Please don’t tell me to carry a map,” Federico García Lorca wrote his parents from New York, while studying English at Columbia University and writing Poet in New York. “The map never helps me at all, it’s useless. When it comes to maps, I have no sense of direction. When I trust my own instinct I reach my destination, but a map only leads me astray.”  For the rest of us, here is a nifty interactive map of Lorca in NYC.

poetrysociety:

“Please don’t tell me to carry a map,” Federico García Lorca wrote his parents from New York, while studying English at Columbia University and writing Poet in New York. “The map never helps me at all, it’s useless. When it comes to maps, I have no sense of direction. When I trust my own instinct I reach my destination, but a map only leads me astray.” 

For the rest of us, here is a nifty interactive map of Lorca in NYC.