A POET READS--MAY

As of Jan. 1, I began tracking the following stats on a daily basis:

--how many poems I wrote and/or edited

--how many poems I read

--how many poetry chapbooks and/or books I read

--other media that relates to poetry, e.g. audios and videos

On Facebook, where I post my daily list, my favorite comment was from witty Melinda de Jesus who said, “They’re like a FitBit for poetry…” My daily posts can look like this entry:

1/7/18: Today

I wrote zero poems.

I read 6 poems and 1 poetry book

That’s it. No names, which is why I’m posting below the names of poets whose works I read. I name them, whether I read a single poem or an entire book by them. January's reading is HERE, February's reading is HERE, March's reading is HERE, and April's reading is HERE.  

These poets make up May's reading:

14-year-old Sheila

Joel Abellanosa

Christine Abiba

Gale Acuff

Dennis Aguinaldo

Genevieve Aguinaldo

Jim Pascual Agustin

Synequeen Akasa-as

Erina C Alejo

Kimberly Alidio

Brian Ang

Billy T. Antonio

Rae Armantrout

Sacha Archer

Catherine Ashley

Abby Asuncion

Tim Atkins

Beth Baugh

Cirilo F. Bautista

Billy Bob Beamer

Anselm Berrigan

Bruce Bond

Anthony Bongco

Maya Buenafe-Ze

Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain

Yshmael Cabana

Nick Carbo

Kai Carlson-Wee

Anne Carson

Ian Castro

Geoffrey Chaucer

Sam Roxas Chua

Cody-Rose Clevidence

Joshua Corey

Robert Creeley

Conchitina Cruz

Jhonnatan Curiel

M. Protacio-De Guzman

Melinda Luisa de Jesus

Malaya Lanikai de Jesus-Tinsman

Monica De La Torre

W.Kyle de Ocera

Alan Devenish

China Pearl Patria M. De Vera

Natalie Diaz

Helen Dimos

J.B. Donne

Lara Durback

Amanda Earl

Edian

Tongo Eisen-Martin

Elke Erb

Norman Fischer

Robert Fitterman

Donna Fleischer

Fusen

Danny Gallardo

Jose Gallardo

Forrest Gander

Peter Ganick

Michael Gizzi

Lara Glenum

Henrietta Goodman

Anne Gorrick

Elizabeth R. Grunwald

Christian Guerrero

Trish Guevarra

MaryCarl Guiao

Carolyn Gutierrez-Abangan

Karen Buenavista Hanna

Roberto Harrison

Sadakichi Hartmann

Lyn Hejinian

Ludwig Holmdahl

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Luisa Igloria

Barbara Jursa

Dan Kaplan

Athena Katsof

Phyllis Beck Katz

John Keene

Nicolas Komodore

Irene Koronas

Thomas Korte

Damon Krukowski

Neil Leadbeater

Jim Leftwich

Mia Leonin

David Lespiau

R. Zamora Linmark

Douglas Likpton

Richard Livermore

Babeth Lolargo

Federico Garcia Lorca

Kirin Amiling Macapugay

Tom Mandel

Thomas Manglona

Ed Maranan

Philip Matthews

rob mclennan

Paul Mein

Christopher Middleton

Paula Miranda

Allie Moreno

Fred Moten

Brane Mozetic

Jonathan N. Mulcahy

Bianca Elorde Nagac

Ogden Nash

Murat Nemet-Nejat

Pablo Neruda

Mary Newell

Geoffrey O’Brien

Darzelle Elivia B. Oliveos

Mary Oliver

Karl Ove

Jose Padua

Danielle Pafunda

Pele Pagasa

Jazlynn Eugenio Pastor

Alex Penano

Angela Penaredondo

Jason Magabo Perez

Robert Andrew Perez

Fernando Pessoa

Carl Phillips

John Phillips

Sasha Pimentel

Elmer Omar Pizo

Donald Platt

Aloysiusi Polintan

Patrick Pritchett

Ethel Racking

Christina Rey

Juanita Rey

Barbara Jane Reyes

Jacques Robaud

Mg Roberts

Elizabeth Robinson

Muriel Rukeyser

Rumi

Cameron Sandal

Janice Lobo Sapigao

Sarah Sarai

Jesse Seldess

Noemi Serrano

Vincenz Serrano

William Shakespeare

Kim Shuck

Maggie Smith

Rod Smith

Simon Smith

Oki Sogumi

Laura Solomon

Dairin Soto

Verity Spott

Jared Stanley

Wallace Stevens

Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino

Aimee Suzara

Cole Swenson

Eileen Tabios

Joel Barraquiel Tan

Susana Thenon

John Tischer

Casey Tran

Cassandra Troyan

Hao Guang Tse

Eliana Vanesssa

Kees Van Meel

Ruben Van Rompaey

Vxyz Vasquez

Nico Vassilakis

Sara Veglahn

Orhan Veli

Benedicte Vilgrain

Karen Marie Maliwat Villa

Marc Vincenz

Keith Waldrop

Rosmarie Waldrop

Lillo Way

Eryk Wenziak

Darrien Wesley

Michael White

Simone White

C.K. Williams

Yanni

John Yau