Good morning everyone,
I hope you enjoyed all the recent holidays and are looking forward to many more happy days to come.
Our poet today is one whose work I very much admire.
PD Pin received an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and worked as the Programs Director at The Mount, author Edith Wharton’s home, a National Historic Landmark and literary center in western Massachusetts. In partnership with the Straw Dog Writers Guild, where she serves as the Executive Consulting Director, Pin helped establish an Emerging Writers Residency at The Mount, now in its fifth year. Her favorite extracurricular activity is teaching kids (ages 5-12) karate–a practice in humility and stand-up comedy.
Below are three of her recent poems.
Perhaps, the World
~after Joy Harjo
The world begins with gravity, keeps our bodies and celestial objects
orbiting the sun. No matter, we must have gravity
to live.
The properties of gravity are invisible Continue reading Poetry Monday June 2025
