A POET READS--SEPTEMBER

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, April's reading is HERE, May's reading is HERE, June's reading is HERE, July's reading is HERE, and August's reading is HERE.

These poets make up September's reading (translators' names also are included):

Jonel Abellanoosa

Sascha Aurora Akhtar

William Allegrezza

Alexis Almeida

Billy T. Antonio

Sacha Archer

James Ardis

Cynthia Atkins

Aditya Bahl

Beau Beausoleil

Tom Beckett

John M. Bennett

Charles Bernstein

Wendell Berry

Sonja Hristina Bjelic

Kristy Bowen

Charles Bukowski

Jack Cassinetto

Helen Charman

Catherine Chen

Theodoros Chiotis

Cody-Rose Clevidence

Lucille Clifton

Roberta Curley

Artista Daily

Raymond de Borja

Melinda Luisa de Jesus

Oliver de la Paz

Ellen Dillon

Donmay Donamayoora

Carol Dorf

Ian Dreiblatt

Peg Duthie

Susan Echaore-David

Elaina Ellis

deb y felio

Allen Fisher

Hildegarde Flanner

Andria Nyberg Forshage

Sesshu Foster

Vernon Frazer

Jeannine Hall Gailey

Danny Gallardo

Robert Gibbs

Jody Gladding

Vasilisk Gnedov

Erica Goss

Michelle Greenblatt

Carolyn Gutierrez-Abanggan

Barbara Guest

Sarah Hayden

D.I.

Crag Hill

Luisa Igloria

Loll Junggeburth

Sneha Subramanian Kanta

Mary Kasimor

Sherry Kearns

J.I. Kleinberg

Irene Koronas

Amy Lam

Kathleen Lawrence

Hank Lazer

Li-Young Lee

Jim Leftwich

Jiaoyang Li

Olchar E. Lindsann

Timothy Liu

Dona Mayoora

Sandy McIntosh

Nick-E Melville

Edric Mesmer

Dunya Mikhail

Roger Mitchell

Lani Montreal

Daniel Morris

Claude Nguyen

Jose Padua

Holly Pester

Paul Pines

Pearl Pirie

Aloy Polintan

Cesar Polvorosa

Cristina Querrer

Jenifer Ramsey

Barbara Jane Reyes

Luke Roberts

Lisa Rogal

Alison Rumfitt

Janice Lobo Sapigao

Susan M. Schultz

Zvi A. Sesling

Shloka Shankar

Anahita Shukla

Maria Sledmere

Analicia Sotelo

Heidi Lynn Staples

Belinda Subraman

Hiromi Suzukio

Eileen Tabios

Scott Thurston

Orchid Tierney

Arielle Tipa

Emmanuel Torres

Wendy Trevino

Rhys Trimble

Eliana Vanessa

NIco Vassilakis

Reetika Vazirani

GT Velasco

Cecilia Vicuna

Vicky Ward

Anders Carlson-Wee

Irene Willis

Rose Willow

Jane Wong

Candice Wuehle