@DanielCowper

Author of Kingdom of the Clock, Grotesque Tenderness, The God of Doors | Contributing Editor @newversereview | devoted husband of @emilyasbjorn

 British Columbia
danielcowper.substack.com/
Joined March 2014
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Kingdom of the Clock, my novel in verse about contemporary urban living, is finally for sale. The first pages are attached for curious cats; for those worthies who want to read on, go to the library, send me a DM, or: amazon.com/Kingdom-Clock-Nov…
Daniel Cowper@DanielCowper7 Jan 2025
Publishing poetry is like tossing a rose in the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo, they say - but a blurb is like an echo heard before you let go! What echo? The kind words of the wonderful poet, translator, editor, and scholar, 👑 @BorisDralyuk for Kingdom of the Clock!
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Daniel Galef@DanielGalef17h
One of my favorite poems I've written. I was deeply moved by Rhina Espaillat's comments on it at the reading.
Plough Quarterly
@Plough21h
You watch—it’s more than time you tell. You’ve taught me how to spring ahead, though I fall back; to wind against the wind by changing tack; that bearings must be smooth; that seas are not; @DanielGalef plough.com/articles/john-har…

John Harrison to His Creation H4 | Plough

This poem is a finalist for Plough’s 2025 Rhina Espaillat Poetry Award.

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He’s trying to help you!
Alex Rettie@AlexRettie14h
Sorry to vaguetweet, but I got news today that makes me think it would be a good idea for poets to submit to the upcoming issue of @PoemsforPOI rather than waiting for the next time around. Just do it! pfpoi.blogspot.com/p/submiss…
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The funny thing about poetry, and the arts generally, is that two great poems, totalling 679 lines of verse, are sufficient to establish immortality.
S. P. Cooper 🍋
@Prof_CooperOct 21
Happy birthday to Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), a founder of the Romantic movement, poet, critic, and philosopher. Author of "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere," "Christabel," "Kubla Khan," and so much more!
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We have something special today at NVR--@Poochigian introduces two new Propertius translations from @amjuster.
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Why is sweeping the floor a pleasure but vacuuming a horror beyond description?
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Alex Rettie@AlexRettieOct 16
The chances of getting work from Twitter connections are slim, but I could really use some right now. Copy editing, proofreading, manuscript review, instructional design.
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Relatable!
Daniel J. Reynolds@dannyboywritesOct 17
I grow old, I grow old. My coffee has gone cold. The beans I grind in daily faith are rich, but not too bold. I grow old, I grow old. My coffee has gone cold.
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BurlHorniachek@BurlHorniachekOct 17
“Farm Kids” by WD Snodgrass. From Not for Specialists: New and Selected Poems (BOA, 2006).
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Coincidentally why I’m going to be drinking Armagnac and reading Autumn of the Patriarch within 30 seconds.
Dirkland Jay@DirklandjayOct 16
If I didn’t have responsibilities, I would go to a double feature of “history of concrete” and “you can see everything” tonight. In a heartbeat Instead, I’ll sit on the couch and watch football. It’s called growing up
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“We’ve travelled to the moon. Earth’s secondary light, And touched night’s quiet lamp without the help of dreams. We’ve mapped the sea’s deep floor and joined the birds in flight; All nymphs have left their streams.” - Tamara Nicholl-Smith!!!
James Matthew Wilson
@JMWSPTOct 15
I'm especially proud to be the publisher of this poem. Take note, @ND_EthicsCenter . modernagejournal.com/letter-…

Letter to Horace After Reading Ode i.24

in honor of David Solomon Horace, I must confess, you've managed to surpriseMe. I had thought there were too many centuriesBetween us—that your verse would sound like dusty, sighs;Nothing that would...

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Seth Wieck@sethwieckOct 14
Replying to @shemaiahng
I’m no Andrew Scott, but it’s worth having this one in your head.
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Loving things is good, experts agree.
Brad Skow
@bradford_skowOct 14
By @ADigressions , self recommending
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You can’t unsee the things you’ve seen. Pill issue.
Armand D'Angour
@ArmandDAngourOct 12
Too many propagandists on this site. Shill issue.
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Why read Proclus when you read Aristotle???
Bret van den Brink
@BretVDBOct 12
Why read Iamblichus when you can read Proclus?
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Minoo Dinshaw@MinooFramrozeOct 11
History should be taught with the intention to produce human beings who love and care about history
James@stnlss_stl_rtOct 11
Part of the problem is the tension between teaching history, with the goal of presenting a coherent narrative, and teaching history with the goal of creating historians. Society expects the first but the curriculum and history teachers themselves prefer the second. (I have QTS)
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How many people do you know who are or have been professional gamblers? And - be honest please, this is for posterity. If you don't mind, how do you know them? I know 3 - one from poetry, one from church, and the last has a kid at school with ours.
75%None.
18%One, actually.
8%Two or three.
0%Lots!
51 votes • Final results
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Ten years of wedded bliss!
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The most uncomfortable aspect of this for everyone is that if Trump hadn't joked about annexing Canada, and we hadn't wailed about it, Anne Carson would not have won the Nobel Prize this year. She owes Donald Trump a nice bottle of wine, and Mark Carney a REALLY nice bottle.
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Replying to @DanielCowper
I admire the way you Canadians are closing ranks around a really bad poet, just because she's done the Commonwealth proud. It genuinely warms my heart.
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Can confirm they’re all still up there, you can relax.
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Some of us know the whole darn thing by heart, and contemplate variants like "shall I at least/last" as we recite it to ourselves beneath the stars, or upon the beach at Alexandria.
Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️
@SketchesbyBozeOct 10
Some of you would have an aneurysm if you were made to read the greatest poem of the twentieth century.
opening stanza of The Waste Land

ALT opening stanza of The Waste Land

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