Robert J. Tiess

My poetry collections: Gracious Nature: Poems on Earth and Life May We Learn from the Earth: Nature Poems and Reflections on the Environment The Humbling and Other Poems Books include essays. More Info + Book Reviews: robertjtiess.wordpress.com #poetry #books #poetrycommunity #reading #poetrylovers

@Joseph_Fasano_ @boaeditions So glad you're back, Joseph, and what wonderful news you bring! Your poetry is a gift to humanity.

Friends, I'm back. And look what's coming in 2027 from @boaeditions.

My two #haiku for #DailyHaikuPrompt themes: #late #snow #rose . snow approaching spring, cold-shouldering calendars: weather's never late easy-going rose opening unhurriedly into timelessness . #poetry #nature #flowers #seasons #poem © me 2026

My poem for the #vss365 daily poetry challenge ("assure" theme) . ENGRAVING World clock stuck on 11:59, uncertainty assures the worst, but then your heartbeats mallet me with the chiselling of your words, and I feel details, see relief; my life's a certain art again. . Poem Copyright © Robert J. Tiess 2026 #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #love #assurance #art #sculpture #woodcarving #metaphors @CribbOwens @vss365HQ

Another new poetry collection to consider... The Distance of a Shout Selected Poems by Michael Ondaatje About the book penguinrandomhouse.com/books/801311/t… About the poet poetryfoundation.org/poets/michael-… #poetry #poets #books #newbooks #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity penguinrandomhouse.com/books/801311/t…

For #vss365 #warmth theme . COLD SNAP soft tropic warmth which weaves these palms till fingers slack leave g a p s and touch goes tum- bling back to o-p-e-n a i r . #poetry #poem © me 2026 #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity @vss365HQ @CribbOwens

COMING JUNE 2026 We Interrupt This Broadcast: Poems by Gregory Orr About his latest poetry collection: wwnorton.com/books/97813241… About the poet: poets.org/poet/gregory-o… poetryfoundation.org/poets/gregory-… #poetry #poets #books #newbooks #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity #poetrylovers wwnorton.com/books/97813241…

My #poem for the daily #BraveWrite writing challenge (#motif theme) . LEITMOTIFS Those madcap motifs cuing you back in my heart... La Mer chasing Lark Ascending Coltrane Turner Holiday hints of Hendrix Thunderstruck salsa Callas and At Last... bagpipes blasting Ode to Joy! . #poetry #poem #music #musical #songs #love Poem Copyright Robert J. Tiess © 2026 @BraveWrite

From Poetry Foundation... Celebrating Women's History Month "Poems, articles, podcasts, and blog posts that explore women's history and women's rights." Website: poetryfoundation.org/collections/13… #poetry #poets #women #history #rights #womensrights #WomensHistoryMonth #poetrylovers #InternationalWomensDay2026

3 for #SenryuSunday ~ daylight savings time borrowing an hour for light then to give it back . two seasons at once summertime impassioning wintertime mourning . arrive early, spring! show how wrong the groundhog was! shadows know nothing! ~ #poetry #senryu #poetrylovers #poems Poems © Robert J. Tiess 2026

My poem for #vss365 #spellbound theme . DOOMSTRUCK? I'm spellbound by your absent spells. Friend, you were our optimist! Is hope a ghost tonight? Disillusion's a weak witch. A better magic's cast by stars! Love's arts! Odd truths! More fascination's anywhere! . #poetry #poem Poem Copyright © Robert J. Tiess 2026 @vss365HQ @CribbOwens

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH RESOURCES from Academy of American Poets "Here we’ve curated a collection of poems, videos, audio, essays, books, lesson plans, and ephemera in tribute to these and other women poets writing today." poets.org/womens-history… #poetry #poets #women #history #WomensHistoryMonth

My entry for #BraveWrite (#allude theme) ~ SLIPPED MY MIND One open mic poetry night I made the mistake of alluding to Lethe, the mythical river in Hades. Afterwards, I had a hell of a time explaining the damn thing, so I sipped water and said Forget about it. ~ #poetry #poem © me 2026 @BraveWrite About Lethe: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethe

Coming in March from Tuttle Publishing... The Poetry of Chuya Nakahara: Japan's Modernist Master translated by Christian Nagle tuttlepublishing.com/japan/the-poet… This "definitive bilingual edition" includes photos, notes, online audio, plus a foreword by Mikiro Sasaki. #poetry #poets #books

@Joseph_Fasano_ We will always need you and your poetry, Joseph, here and everywhere. ♥️✍️

I need to find my people again in this place—and a reason to stay and keep doing what I do. If you love poetry, resist fascism & hatred, believe in education, and just generally value tenderness and empathy and love, can you say hi? I need to get this algorithm straightened out.

My #haiku for #dailyhaikuprompt (3/6/26 salmon theme) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- saltwater to fresh: salmon journeying homeward, swimming for more lives -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- #poem Copyright © Robert J. Tiess 2026 #poetry #poems #fish #nature #naturelovers #journeys #survival

For #vss365 #bountiful . ABUNDANTLY CLEAR In the rat-rich alley of cornucopian cans over- flowing with burst- ing bags of glass, foul wraps, and put- rid leftovers, one lavishy graffitied wall exuberantly shrieked BOUNTIFUL! . #poetry #poem © me 2026 #wastefulness #excess #decadence @vss365HQ @CribbOwens

My #poem for the #vssmagic daily writing challenge ("coat" theme) . TO ILLUSIONISTS In dark coats (secret pockets stuffed with doves & cards & scarves & coins) you act distract flap glitzy sleeves conceal reveals (sleight of hand!) deceived believing you dupe us but magic is no parlor trick. . Poem © Copyright Robert J. Tiess 2026 . #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #magic #magicians #magical #illusions #deception #deceivers #magictricks #sleightofhand #sorcery @vssmagic