Adrian Neibauer

What are your favorite poems you feel every adolescent needs to read at least once in their life? #NationalPoetryMonth

One week into National Poetry Month and I’m thinking about the poems I want my students to read before they head off to middle school. #NationalPoetryMonth open.substack.com/pub/adrianneib…

@Joseph_Fasano_ Hello! I’m still here, though I spend most of my time teaching and writing over at Substack. @adrianneibauer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@adrianneibauer

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.

@Joseph_Fasano_ What a lovely gesture! I hope I win! 🤞

As a thank you to all my followers, I'm giving away 3 signed copies of my new book, The Teacher—a story about finding our voices and becoming who we are. Just leave a like/comment so I see you, and I'll drop your name in the hat. "Hope is an action. It is something we do."

Trump is a truly disgusting, vile human being.

When the world gets impossible, I think of this. A teacher wrote to me, "I gave one of my 2nd-grade students your nature poetry prompt. He's reluctant to write because of challenges...I told him just to write and we’d sort out the spelling later. This is what he wrote."

ICYMI, I wrote this a year ago today and the message is still very applicable now. I want to find ways to wander with deliberation through this second-half of the school year. open.substack.com/pub/adrianneib…

How did I miss this? I can’t wait to read @Powell_DA’s latest collection of poetry!

I have a bad habit of forgetting to promote my poetry collections. My newest title, Tricks, is available here and comes with a trigger warning: it is highly gay and should not be read by anyone who may be prone to frequent arousal. CutBankOnline.org

I learned of a New Year’s Eve tradition where you pick a poem to carry with you into the new year; setting an intention on what you want this new year to be. What poem would you choose?

Auld Lang Syne on the cello with my dog. Happy New Year from Ireland!

@Joseph_Fasano_ @MaudlinHouse Exciting! Looking forward to the book release!

Want one? To celebrate the 12/1 launch of The Teacher, I'm giving away 3 signed copies. Just leave a comment or a like so I see you, and I'll drop your name in the hat. Thanks to @MaudlinHouse for sharing this story about what language, listening, and love can still try to do.

@Matt_Pinner Orphan Black. It’s incredible!

What is the best?

“The only way to honor them is to live a life worthy of their sacrifices.” I’ve always striven to be the best teacher/husband/father/human I can be. Now that I’m a proud father of a Marine, I realize that I still have much work to do. youtu.be/6Vw0jTk4rqQ

As November days get darker, simple pleasures help me stay grounded. What simple pleasures do you enjoy? open.substack.com/pub/adrianneib…

@Joseph_Fasano_ Hopefully, I’m not too late to have my name thrown into the hat! 🤞

I'm giving away a signed copy of The Swallows of Lunetto, my novel about fascism in Italy, because I think we need to understand how the madness can happen anywhere. Just leave a like/comment so I see you, and I'll drop your name in the hat. I hope this book holds its little 🕯️.

I love this poem.

for everyone feeling exhausted...

@Joseph_Fasano_ An excellent poem to read at the beginning of the school year. It’s been an exhausting start!