Ricky Ray

I don't believe in access barriers when it comes to art. This includes literature. Economic barriers to poetry: bullshit. No one should be prevented from reading poems because they can't afford a book. Permanent offer: you want my book & money's tight: it's free, on me, happily.

@ledobrands Very nice! Been after the Quetzalita for a while myself. 💜

@ledobrands That garden is sativa paradise!

Gonna do a 3K follow giveaway… Not asking for anything…. Don’t tag anyone nor their twelve buddies Don’t repost this Don’t even comment…. But u can, haha Maybe just follow, but I’m not even sure that matters tbh In a week or two I’ll send out a couple letters with paradise inside Ganj on Much Love! GL to you

@NorthCoastGen Yay, thank you!

This week at NCG Based upon requests , we’re doing a bogo sale on the site as soon as Beatrice gets to it. It will last the rest of the month. Buy a five pack get a ten pack plus I’m generous with extras that never changes.

@NorthCoastGen @serendipity Awesome, thank you! 🙏

@RickyRayPoet @serendipity That’s a idea let me tell Beatrice

Good morning fam I know I dropped a hint last week , I’ve got a big thank you coming to y’all I’m picking ten winners for our 5,000 followers drawing. @Serendipity will be posting up the rules this week , stay tuned

@_rayehendrix Yes, and normal to have a sort of postpartum depression, too. There's a lot of investment, and then a lot of letting go and letting be. It helps me to keep in mind that the lived poetry is still happening within, even though it hasn't yet germinated into language.

@HazardPressUK Enjoyed this, thank you! Except the slower thing. "Vary the pace according to the rhythms of the poem," would be my advice to myself, i.e., embody the dynamism, which sometimes means quickening, sometimes means gearing down.

@AidenHeung @ilya_poet @FourWayBooks So many congrats!

@Irishali13 Sorry to hear this. You're one of the kindest, most generous people I've ever met here. I hope there so much more beauty and joy in your days to help drown out the noise. 🙏

Guys, I probably won't be reading DMs because bullying has been too much all over SM. But for those of you (f.i.r.l.), just email or text. 🫶🏻💙

@Irishali13 This means so much, thank you! So glad the book Addie and I made found such a great home with you. ❤️‍🩹

@RickyRayPoet Happy Belated Birthday - Ricky. I'm sorry you're struggling with depression. I wanted you to know I saw you and heard you. You and your work make a difference in my life and many others. We need you here, so on hard days, remember that. 💙🫶🏻 Guys this book is amazing!!!

It's my birthday & I'm trying to break a depression. What I'd most love is for the book Addie & I made to find more hearts & homes. All royalties go to the org that saved her from death row. Maybe give it a try? (And if you're broke, DM for one on me.) ❤️‍🩹 amazon.com/Soul-We-Share-…

@jessnirvanapoet @VariantLit Congrats, and best wishes to the book on a long life in many loving hearts and homes!

Today is the publishing day for my debut collection, Earthly Gods!! She’s out in the world! She’s a Virgo! She’s beautiful and full bodied and green! This book is a love letter to every person who’s ever loved me in this life. Get your copy @VariantLit today!

@PublishersWkly They can't feasibly shut down p2p and other sharing networks. You make pc-friendly media, it's shareable. Day of release, leaked, especially if it's digitized.

BREAKING: The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the long-running, closely watched copyright case over the scanning and lending of print library books. Full story to follow.

@TaylorByas3 Do it! Gut reaction: Write one now, write one later. Let them talk. ❤️‍🔥

A little terrified to write a craft book because I feel like folks write them later in their careers but I love form so bad and I want to write about my approaches to them and I feel like I should go for it!

"Poetry saved my life, so I vowed to give my life to the art in return, in the hopes that my art might one day do for others what the works of my predecessors did for me. And 25 years later, I’m still trying to keep that vow” - @RickyRayPoet for @McrPoetryLib ! Full interview: mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event…

I very rarely get to interview. When I do, I always go as deep as I can. Hope you enjoy this glimpse into the soul Addie and I share with Mother Earth, and the abiding sense of kinship they inspire me to write from. mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event…

@Evie_Writer Yusef Komunyakaa on jazz. Hayden Carruth on the same.

hiiiii, i'm mentoring a poet who is super into music culture. what poets do you know who write about contemporary music? So far, I'm sharing Hanif Abdurraqib, Morgan Parker, and that poem by Danez Smith about R&B music videos. Who am I missing? Who else would you suggest?

Apologies to anyone I owe responses. Absolutely blasted and haven't even been able to look at email for a couple weeks. Load lightens on Sunday, so expect replies early next week! ❤️‍🩹

A reminder that Mary Oliver also wrote this:

So grateful to the Hive @HoneyLiterary (esp. @dorothykchan, @RitaMookerjee & @christinamgia) for letting me & Addie be part of the Infinity issue. The last poem published from my Addie book. One more home where she gets to live in gorgeous glory forever. honeyliterary.com/issue-8/animal…