Sara's Poetry Vault

Designs in Particle Poetics

a student's t-shirt might help you understand my obsession with particle poetics

Sep 30 • 

Sara Sams

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June 2025

Nonduality, Laugh Clap, & Oak Ridge Mutant Music

Celebrating Shenandoah's 75th Anniversary Issue

Jun 18 • 

Sara Sams

3

March 2025

January 2025

Poetry rX: "The Sandpiper," Elizabeth Bishop

the poem as telescope/ time machine

Jan 30 • 

Sara Sams

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After the Reading: Ilya Kaminsky & Katie Ferris

what I might have said to you after an event if I had words left to speak to my feelings beyond 8:00 PM

Jan 27 • 

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Translation as the Closest Possible Reading

with a little help from the tiny space cadet in my brain

Jan 23 • 

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November 2024

Shit's been hard, so here are two poems for you

Something true and something kind: "Mrs. Butterworth, Uncle Ben, & Aunt Jemima" (Frank X. Walker) & "Gravity" (Lee Herrick)

Nov 15, 2024 • 

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August 2024

Poetry rX: Wang Jiaxin's "At the Same Time"

for when you're wondering, (how) is it possible to feel hope and despair at the same time?

Aug 21, 2024 • 

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May 2024

Notes on the Poet in a Capitalist Lurch

my intro from the LHUCA poetry reading series

May 21, 2024 • 

Sara Sams

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January 2024

Dear Daughter

a brief note on wanting to write poems about motherhood, zero fucks given; some Brenda Hillman, and an allergic reaction to literary criticism

Jan 24, 2024 • 

Sara Sams

3

November 2023

His Hands Going Arthritic

a poem-in-progress, in preparation for celebrating Thanksgiving amid global horrors, for my husband

Nov 21, 2023 • 

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October 2023

a poem by Mosab Abu Toha

"so my mind may dance with yours"

Oct 12, 2023 • 

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