what are your favorite poetry blogs without a lot of pretense?

May 14, 2019 9:11 AM

Hello, i love hearing people sharing their poetry feelings. What are your favorite blogs or websites which contain casual responses to poetry? A good example of what I'm looking for is the wondering minstrels.

yes:

- short source media - don't make me read beowulf (no offense, beowulf lovers)
- sincere, informal responses - anecdotes welcome!
- "hey, this feels like something from the internet from 15 years ago"
- (bonus!) nice comments section

not this:

- lots of memes/retweets/promos/videos
- insider baseball
- "oh, it's a poem and nothing else"
- "this reads like wikipedia"

i don't care:

- how often it's updated
- what kind of poetry
- what kind of feelings (doesn't have to be positive all the time)

posted by yaymukund to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

Response by poster: I forgot to add: I also love but have already read every metafilter poetry thread
posted by yaymukund at 9:24 AM on May 14, 2019

Have you ever heard of Via Negativa?
posted by hoodrich at 1:20 PM on May 14, 2019

Read a Little Poetry.
posted by invokeuse at 11:06 PM on May 14, 2019

Transactions with Beauty
posted by mmw at 5:30 PM on May 15, 2019

Best answer: This one is very local; the New Zealand poetry shelf.

The Paris Review has a column where poets recommend poems for people's dilemmas and queries. I've found some great poems via its recommendations.
posted by yesbut at 5:12 AM on May 16, 2019 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: yesbut, that column is so good. Thank you for showing us it.
posted by yaymukund at 1:02 AM on May 21, 2019