Sarah Grace Tuttle is hosting our Poetry Friday today. Hop on over there for the roundup. Haiku of the Week first peony takes two days to bloom gets all the applause Photo Taken: May 3, 2025 in my front yard Haiku Written: May 7, 2025 25 New-to-Me Poets in 2025 In her essay “Ten Things About Poetry,” Patricia Smith challenges the reader to “discover one new poet every week.” (in The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics edited by Diane Lockward). I’m setting out to dis...