Recommended by Jed Moffitt
Margaret Ann writes with subtlety and tenderness about the small miracles of everyday life and family with a sense of humor and joy. I resonate with her eye for beauty in the ordinary. To read her work is to feel goodness and care. Who can't use a bit more of that?
I stumbled across Rebecca's work while immersed in a minor fit of writer's block, and I read a passage from her that opened my heart in the moment. Maybe you'll have a similar experience. See for yourself.
If I were choosing one person to be my pastor, psychologist, and personal poet laureate, I might very well choose Sam. Read his stuff and feel the ground solidly beneath you.
Sonja is...this is an impossible sentence to complete. Read the poems. You will feel what the poems are. I am in no position to describe what Sonja is. Whatever made Roger Federer so brilliant in tennis, it is that kind of thing. When I deep dive into Sonja's poems, I come out changed.
Faye writes like a storm, like a herd of wild horses, absolutely free and uninhibited. Her work is unpredictable and full of feeling. Fantastic to read on it's own, but you will also feel the effect of reading her work on your own writing. You will find yourself tapping into something a bit deeper and more primitive. Try it. You'll see what I mean.
Martin's poetry was among the first to catch my ear on Substack. His themes include Ireland and love and nature and the wild magic that swirls at the edges of our imagination and takes us out and above and beyond.
Paul's are the rare email notifications I look forward to daily. He pulls no punches as he presents his experience in powerful expressions that open my mind as I read them. Trigger warning...if you read these poems, you might be changed.
There is something instant and delightful in a lot of Trevor's material. It's like enlightenment packaged in a perfect chocolate chip cookie. Often bite sized. What's not to love about that?
Powerful poetry and thought, from a curious and relentless and generous mind. Deeply personal, will move and at times break your heart.
I feel a kinship to Stefano somehow. He is far away across an ocean yet his poetry speaks in ways that make distances seem small. I have the sense of hearing a wanderer, and who doesn't love that?
Do yourself a favor and visit the shack. If you're lucky, Dave will be there and and pour you a glass of red at a picnic table, and bend your ear while you watch the Australian sunset
Lori offers a perceptive insight and balanced perspective, seasoned with stoic roots. Engaging essays and commentary on the state of the world, with a keen eye for creative solutions and common ground.
Fotini's poetry seems to ring true to me with a simplicity and clarity that one day, I just found myself looking forward to...she seems to see even the difficult stuff through big eyes of innocence.
James writes with wisdom and lightness and rhythm and flat out fun. He feels old school, yet at the same time right on point with what's happening now.
I am adding recommendations for poets who, when I see their work in my box, my fingers are quick to click. Jared is among these voices. He frequently connects the cosmic to the everyday...this always captures my interest