Other People's Poems

09/06/2026

Here's a list of the poets/poems/poets from OPP Vol. 50! Plus, music from some of our friends from the The Connecticut Gay Men's Chorus! 😍

Forgive the formatting, holler if you have corrections.

Thanks, see you on October 2nd!

Vol. 50 - 9/5/26 - 9 LOOFAHS

Chion Wolf - 1993, I by Wendell Berry
Yanni - Series of quotes
Drew John Ladd - Boogie Wonderland by Allee Willis and Jon Lind - LOOFAH
Dawn Ennis - Selection from Charlotte's Webb by EB White
Gabrielle Zane - since feeling is first by ee cummings - LOOFAH
Bob Williams - The problem with early warnings by Charles Rafferty - LOOFAH
Russel Halley - The peace of wild things by Wendell Berry
Pamela Morrison-Wolf - Charity by Unknown
Taylor Doyle - When love arrives by Phil Kaye and Sarah Kay
Dylan T. Mackinnon - Dinosaurs smell magnolias by Dalton Day
Paulie DiMauro - I will talk to you of art from A Bucket of Blood, by Charles B. Griffith
Ron Marq - A Riddle 25 from the Exeter Book, author unknown
Joe O'Brien - Dirty talk by Rives - LOOFAH
Ronnie - Shrike by Hozier
Esben/Nora - Wedding Song from Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell - LOOFAH/LOOFAH
Nancy Mackinnon - The real work by Wendell Berry
Jonathan Carter - The Crow and the Fox by Jean de La Fontaine - LOOFAH
Tim Vu - Untitled by Sherry Ostrout / Watching my friend pretend her heart isn't breaking by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Sherry Ostrout - Untitled by Timothy Vu
Laura Martineau - Seasonal Anxiety by A. E. Stallings
Cam - Sumer is icumen in by unknown 13th-century author
Maggie Roisin - Ay Nee Nee - little birds song - LOOFAH
Judy Garfinkel - Untitled by Sofin Bray
Barb - Get a transfer by Unknown
Mel - Run around sue by Dion DiMucci and Ernie Maresca - LOOFAH

08/11/2026

Here's a list of the poets/poems/poets from OPP Vol. 49!
(which was our FOURTH BIRTHDAY! 🥳)

Forgive the formatting, holler if you have corrections.

Photo of Paul, Ron, and Joe from the The Connecticut Gay Men's Chorus by Kate Byroade! (thank you!)

Thanks, see you on a special SATURDAY edition of OPP on September 5th!

Vol. 49 - 8/6/26 - 5 LOOFAHS

Chion Wolf - An Epilogue by John Masefield
Paul Gladis - Los Ambulantes Ancilo Expulsados (The Wanderers Have Been Driven Out) by Vanesa Perez-Sauquillo
Yanni - Geoengineering
Michael Gladis - You can get so confused from Dr. Seuss
Georg - Summer in the City by The Lovin Spoonful
Sarah J - The Consequence of Sound by Regina Spektor
Toni - God Said Yes To Me by Kaylin Haught / Sudden Hymn In Winter by Joseph Fasano
Pamela Morrison-Wolf - I would love to live like a river flows by John O'Donohue
Teddy Sirota - Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Joe O'Brien - Perhaps Love by John Denver - LOOFAH
Tristan - Untitled by Jeff Brown
Barb - No Difference by Shel Silverstein
Ron Marq - Echo by Christina Rossetti - LOOFAH
Nancy Mackinnon - Perhaps all the dragons / Let the darkness be a bell tower by Rilke
Carole McKee - I met a little elf man once by John Kendrick Bangs - LOOFAH
Sierra - Ominous technology quotes from Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and the Unibomber
Lindsay Ewing - Ten reasons to love yourself by Sam Brown
Kate Byroade - Poem beginning with a retweet by Maggie Smith
Judy - Anodyne by Yusef Komunyakaa
Miriam - The cashier at the gas station asks me where I'm from by Jay Sullivan
Bob Williams - Raise a glass by James Mooney - LOOFAH
Terry Wolfisch Cole - The Layers by Stanley Kunitz
Mel - The forsaken merman by Matthew Arnold
Ben G - The art of blessing the day by Marge Piercy
Casey - Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns
Steve Goldhamer - Adventures of a Frisbee by Shel Silverstein
Mary Kate - The History Teacher by Billy Collins - LOOFAH
Paul DiMauro - Bounce on the Moon by Joe O'Brien
Alyssa - To the woman crying uncontrollably in the next stall by Kim Addonizio
Lindsey - Advice to myself by Louise Erdrich
Stephanie Silver - True Friends by Ashley Campbell
Dawn Ennis - 1967 Spider Man theme song by Paul Francis Webster

07/04/2026

Here's a list of the poets/poems/poets from OPP Vol. 48!
Forgive the formatting, holler if you have corrections.

Video by Storm! (thank you!)

Thanks, see you on August 7th!

Vol. 48 - 7/3/26 - 9 LOOFAHS

Chion Wolf - The final paragraph of Living Like Weasels by Annie Dillard
Erin Shapland - Wild Geese (as a tribute to Jackass) by Mary Oliver
Yanni - Other Peoples Sexuality
Sarah J - A Love Letter to Mycelium, or Misunderstood Mushrooms by KsushkaPlushka on Reddit
Carly Henderson - When I Look To The Sky by Train - LOOFAH
Angela - The Hill We Climbed by Amanda Gorman
Liz G. - This is why we dance by Mohammed el-Kurd
Pamela Morrison-Wolf - The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
Toni - Hope is not soft by Justin Hatchett
Daniel - Hope by Emily Bronte / Hope by Emily Dickinson
Carole M.A. - Spring Rain by Marchette Cote - LOOFAH
Charlie - Study of a Tomato by Padraig Regan
Ron Marq - Reflection on the 250th Anniversary of America by Paul DiMauro
Mike M. - The revolution will not be televised by Gil Scott-Heron
Rebecca Bee - Casey at the bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Sarah N. - The addict by Anne Sexton
Kate Byroade - Courage by Lee Herrick
Nora - Poisoning pigeons in the park by Tom Lehrer - LOOFAH
Esben - The pantala prophecy from wings of fire - LOOFAH
Cruz - A litany for survival by Audre Lorde - LOOFAH
Dylan T. MacKinnon - Robin Hood (To a Friend) by John Keats
Bob - Pity the nation by Lawrence Ferlinghetti - LOOFAH
Tristan - The founding fathers are absentee by Ron Marq
Lindsay Ewing - I'm Fine by Sam Browne
Ieyley - El-ahrairah by Richard Adams - LOOFAH
Heidi - Advice to a birdwatcher by Kenn Kaufman - LOOFAH
Storm - In wake by Lea Russel Self
Lisa P - Memories included by Christina Marr
Emilie Finn - The parable of the old man and the young by Wilfred Owen
Mara - Bird divination card #42
Nancy - Green Eyes by Kate Wolf
Avery P - The voice of rain by Walt Whitman
Mel - The second coming by William Butler Yeats
Laura Martineau - 99.9 fahrenheit degrees by Suzanne Vega - LOOFAH

07/03/2026

Tonight at 7!
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06/06/2026

A few people asked me to share the poem I started last night with, by my friend, David Roche. 🩷 He died unexpectedly last week.

https://www.davidroche.com

HOW SWEET THE DEATH OF TIME
by David Roche

Life, that flickering gift,
rearranges itself
as we die.

My soul, compassionate but stern,
begins to remove my boundaries.

Monday has left the calendar
to go dancing
with 1957
and July.

My past is slowly melting
into a pool of déjà vu.

Past and present meet at last
in sobbing embrace.

Oh, I love the way I am dying
with slight and constant pleasure.

I love the way my skin gives way
in little flaking choices.

I love the way my paradigm succumbs.

How sweet the death of time.

The earth, my long-rejected lover,
is licking me to death.

We die each day as we live it,
from and of the world and in it.

Death is the shedding of the linear illusion.

06/06/2026

At the end of Other People's Poems, I always send my friends home with this blessing, "Beannacht" by John O'Donohue (complete with his pronunciation of "azure").

But this was the first time i did it with a kitten in my arms! 😻

Thanks to Molly Sayles for capturing this. 🥰 And thanks to Julia from Leo's Love & Legacy for lending me this sweet kitten!

06/06/2026

Here's a list of the poets/poems/poets from OPP Vol. 47!
Forgive the formatting, holler if you have corrections.

Photo by Jessica Severin de Martinez!

Thanks, see you on July 3rd!

Vol. 47 - 6/5/26 - 11 LOOFAHS

Chion Wolf - How Sweet The Death of Time by David Roche
Yanni - Nuclear War by Dr Ira Helfand
Sierra - Ain't Dead Yet by Joshua Ray Walker - LOOFAH
Jessica Severin de Martinez - Don't You Miss the Phone Booth by Kate Peper
Joe O'Brien - may i feel said he by ee cummings - LOOFAH
David Pontrelli - With That Moon Language by Hafiz - LOOFAH
Xander - I Want A D**e For President by Zoe Leonard
Michael Veillette - Untitled by Alok Vaid-Menon
Mike Monroe - When you learn to perform First Aid by Whitney Hanson
Erin Shapland - Don't Tempt the Monks by Danusha Lameris
Kate Byroade - Both Ways by Kate Baer
Tristan - The Invitation by Dorothy Hunt
Ron Marq - High on the Hog by Julia Fields
Esben - 93 Million Miles by Jason Mraz - LOOFAH
Stephanie Silver - Days We Left Behind by Paul McCartney
Shea Berry - I Will Be forgoing Hot Girl Summer In Exchange For by Elise M Powers
Doug Deacon - New Kid by Mark Fleming
Casey Rousseau - What Wondrous Love Is This
Val B. - Listening to the Billionaire Tell Us AI Is Just the Newest Tool That Everyone Will Benefit From by Joseph Fasano
Dawn Ennis - It's Just a Job by Muhammad Ali - LOOFAH
Cori B. - For Cori by Hannah Monsoor - LOOFAH
Bob W. - Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service - LOOFAH
Lisa P. - I Try To Speak My Truth by Rose Brik
Mary Kate & Matt - Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost - LOOFAH / LOOFAH
Lucy Ferris - Last Day by Margaret Atwood
Margie K. - For the Goddess Too Well Known by Elsa Gidlow
Toni - Ally by Ky Nichols
Bruce S. - "The Paleontologist's Blind Date" by Philip Memmer
Laura Martineau - Psalm for the Slightly Tilted by Ilya Kaminsky
Cruz - Yo soy un hombre sincero / I Am A Sincere Man by José Martí - LOOFAH
Julia - Brand New Cat by Kenn Nesbitt - LOOFAH

05/03/2026

Here's a list of the poets/poems/poets from OPP Vol. 46!
Forgive the formatting, holler if you have corrections.

Photos thanks to Kate Byroade!

Thanks, see you on June 5th!

Vol. 46 - 5/1/26 - 8 LOOFAHS

Chion Wolf - A Rabbi's Proverb
Ron Marq - I Don't Want a Small Life by Mary Oliver
Lindsay Ewing - Five In Six Boys by Hollie McNish
Yanni - An Artist
Abby - Does Marge Have Friends? by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Matthew F. - Captain Kennedy by Neil Young - LOOFAH
Sierra - A Turkey Warning by Anonymous - LOOFAH
Kate Byroade - Aliens Explaining Why They Are Visiting Earth by Andrea Gibson
Dylan T. Mackinnon - First of May by Jon Colton - LOOFAH
Storm - Every Time I Ever Said I Want To Die by Andrea Gibson
Esben - Once More, The Round by Theodore Roethke
Julie S - La Noche En La Isla by Pablo Neruda
Casey - Madmen by Billy Collins
Kerry Kennedy - Thread by Essex Hemphill - LOOFAH
Emilie Finn - Conversation with a Stone by Wisława Szymborska
Bob W - Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service - LOOFAH
Toni - This is for the Ones by A Shantal
Mary Kate - The Rain Coat by Ada Limón
Andrew - Questions from a Worker who Reads by Bertolt Brecht
Val - Having a Great Time Being Transgender in America Lately by Jackie Sabbagh
Xander - Female CEO by Jackie Sabbagh
Mark H. - The True Ballad of John Bateman by Jim Hilsdon - LOOFAH
Julia - Take Them With You by Donna Ashworth
Laura Martineau - Messages Back Home by Ananya Venkateswaran
Russell - What i know of when Times are Dark by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Cruz - I Cultivate a White Rose by José Martí - LOOFAH
Leo - In Lieu of Flowers by Shawna Lemay
Jonathan - A Poem About Crows by Ellen Arnstein
Stephanie Silver - This is My Wish For You by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mark B - Language by Boys Like Girls
Avery - The Fairies by William Allingham
Nora - Invictus by William Ernest Henley - LOOFAH
Bee - I've Got You by Camp Cope

04/06/2026

This Mary Oliver documentary looks truly wonderful - and multifaceted! Airing on PBS this summer! 🩷

US, Feature Documentary, 91 minutes, 2026If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. From a lonely childhood to literary fame, her life was defined by...