Zoe Ward

I'm so excited to be reading at @ParnassusBooks1 this April 19th! Parnassus has been my favorite bookstore for years, and it's an honor to read there. Registration is required for this event, so please sign up at this link if you'd like to attend: lnkd.in/gCdr4AhJ

I taught poetry to two fifth-grade classes at Lipscomb Elementary, introducing the role of a laureate and encouraging students to see poetry as accessible to everyone. Students created call-and-response weather poems that blended science and imagination. I’m grateful to @WCSedu!

I’m excited to join Granville Center for the Arts on January 25th to lead a community-wide poetry workshop. We’ll explore list poetry with hands-on prompts, and time to write and share together. Writers of all experience levels are warmly welcome! eventbrite.com/e/writing-stud…

I will be reading a few poems on December 20th in conjunction with the @urbanwordnyc Virtual Poetry Marathon. I would love to see you there! Please register at the link below to receive the marathon link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Three Weeks to Deadline! - mailchi.mp/storymagazine.…

@StoryLitMag Such a great issue (and cover)!

New issue incoming! Bundle up and get ready for Issue 22. Preorder here: storymagazine.org/store/autumn-i…

@BeckyLTuch @StoryLitMag Loved reading the sample of your story online!

Aaaaaahhh!! I'm in this issue! I still can't frickin believe it! I'm so honored and thrilled & I'm surrounded by pretty amazing company too. Thank you @StoryLitMag!

@VChangPoet I can't wait to read!

Maybe the Body by Asa Drake, forthcoming from Tinhouse

@RichieHof So excited to read!

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I am more than thrilled to be named the 2025 Tennessee Youth Poet Laureate by @urbanwordnyc. This laureate program has a rich history of urging social progress and championing artistic voices, and I couldn't be more excited to serve my state in this way.

@Joseph_Fasano_ @kris_at_dawn Love this!!

WOW. A teacher just told me, "I gave one of my 2nd grade (dyslexic) students your nature poetry prompt. He is reluctant to write because of challenges with spelling, but I suspect he’s gifted. I told him just to write and we’d sort out the spelling later. This is what he wrote."

"Where the slow river / meets the tide, / a red swan lifts red wings / and darker beak, / and underneath the purple down / of his soft breast / uncurls his coral feet." - "Leda" by H.D. poetryfoundation.org/poems/47927/le…

The most exciting part of academia is failing to learn a basic term within your discipline and desperately hoping it never comes up again

@ExcitedUttRead @POETSorg Love this one!

Dressing the Body by Brittany Rogers - Poems | Academy of American Poets ⁦@POETSorg⁩ poets.org/poem/dressing-…

I am excited and honored to receive first place in @DenisonU's annual fiction and poetry competitions. Denison's English department has been such a compelling and encouraging place so far, and I look forward to getting even more involved!

@Plathbiography @KirkusReviews @AAKnopf @JonathanCape So well deserved!

Thanks @KirkusReviews for naming Red Comet one of the best books of the 21st century (so far)… ☄️☄️ ☄️ @AAKnopf @JonathanCape kirkusreviews.com/nonfiction/bes…

@deesoulpoetry I might have to copy you on this!

New Year means updated reading list First 10 books of 2025! Happy New Year!

If you are supervising an international student who is trying to write in their non-native language - tell them how awesome they are. They often feel incompetent, frustrated and even stupid. In reality they're really smart - just doing something very complicated. Tell them.

Rediscovering Eileen Myles's "An American Poem" this morning. poetryfoundation.org/poems/53965/an…