James Lilliefors

Thank you for reprinting my poem and for the kind words!

The Purpose of Trees - James Lilliefors — Bulb Culture Collective how the will to survive outlasts the will to destroy.

The light is on for James Lilliefors! @jameslilliefors.bsky.social💡

“The Purpose of Trees” is a gorgeous poem that speaks to the everlasting nature of trees juxtaposed against human ephemerality.

Check out James’s beautiful writing over at the site!

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Thank you to Epistemic Literary for nominating my poem "There Will Be Warnings" for the 2026 Best of the Net anthology!

Wendell Berry reciting "The Peace of Wild Things."
Happy 91st birthday.
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Cover reveal for my chapbook SUDDEN SHADOWS, which is now available for pre-order from Finishing Line Press. www.finishinglinepress.com

My poetry chapbook SUDDEN SHADOWS is now available for pre-order from Finishing Line Press. Publication date is October 17.

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To this day, "Monet Refuses the Operation" by Lisel Mueller remains my favorite poem ever written. It is simply beautiful.

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James Lilliefors's poem Inversion is now available to read on Oatleaf! #poetry #indiepoetry #litmag #oatleaf

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Thanks to Third Wednesday magazine, and Editor David Jibson, for including my new poem "Seriously" in its upcoming spring edition.

Edward Hopper's Rooms by the Sea where well lit rooms are adjacent to a blue sea that seems to begin right at the open door's threshold.

My poem "Edward Hopper. Rooms by the Sea, 1951" was published in @tahomareview.bsky.social today!

Thank you @jessicacuello.bsky.social!

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Very nice poem! I have a framed print of this painting in my study.

Thank you to Hanna Nielson @hannaswork.bsky.social, EIC of The Belfast Review, for including my poems "Covered" and "The News Was Good" (a tribute to Jimmy Carter, written months before he passed away) in the third edition, which is now available from Amazon and online.

Hopeful words from W.S. Merwin.

50 Contemporary Poets on the Best Poems they Read in 2024 In the sea of endless year-end lists, poetry often seems to get sidelined, or forgotten—or maybe the critics and listmakers just aren’t reading enough poetry in the first place. Which made me…

LitHub asked some poets what our favorite poems of the year are and I picked two ("A Sunset" by Robert Haas and “The Poets Awoke” by m. nourbeSe Philip)

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So grateful for @jackbedell.bsky.social endorsement of my forthcoming book A WEATHERED SHIP. Pre-orders coming soon—stay tuned! 🌊📖

My pleasure. What a great poem!

Susan L. Leary — The Arkansas International Strawberry Season

"Strawberry Season," a lovely, thought-provoking poem from Susan L. Leary (@susanlleary.bsky.social).

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Some Rooms are Prayers – a poem by James Lilliefors Some Rooms are PrayersThe times they wanted me to think their thoughtsand I went on thinking mine. The times they expected meto hear, to see, to remember a certain way, and I tried, but couldn’t.Th…

"I am surprised sometimes
to hear late-at-night voices
through open windows
and realize those rooms
are still out there."

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Some Rooms are Prayers by @jameslilliefors.bsky.social (2024 Amethyst Review) tinyurl.com/ykrdy6f4

Thank you to Editor Charlotte Cosgrove @charlottecosgrove.bsky.social for including my poem "Playing Tennis with the Past" in the new print anthology from Rough Diamond Poetry Journal - on the important theme of Hope! The Hope anthology features about 75 poems.

I love this poem by @toddedillard.bsky.social

Powerful words from Susan Stewart.

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It's much appreciated. And yes, I feel the same.

Thank you!
Nice to meet a fellow FLP poet. I am ordering your collection.

JFK on Poetry, Power, and the Artist’s Role in Society: His Eulogy for Robert Frost, One of the Greatest Speeches of All Time “We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.”

"When power corrupts, poetry cleanses... We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth."

Remember JFK, slain on this day in 1963, with his magnificent speech on the political power of art:

Thank you! Nice pic, btw. I think I recognize the background!
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Thank you! I appreciate the feedback.

Work as Wendell Berry writes:

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