Emblems

 

How to Stop the Spin of the Earth

POETRY COMICS is out now from Chronicle Books! This is one of my favorite poems from the book. 

Find it worldwide wherever you get your books or purchase it online here:

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Abuzz

Haiku + Comic = Haikomic! Read more in my new book POETRY COMICS, out now worldwide from Chronicle Books: https://smarturl.it/PoetryComics

 

New Season

Thanks for joining me for National Poetry Month! Learn how to make poetry comics and read the entire month of comics here: https://incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/how-to-make-poetry-comics
 

Mirror

 

Sorting Through Feelings

 

Personification

 

Liftoff

 For more thoughts on simplicity and lightness in poetry comics, check out my latest substack post: https://incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/simplicity-lightness-insight

Messy Room

 

Painting the Clouds

For an introduction to the poetry comics art form, check out my latest post at the Incidental Comics substack: https://incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/an-intro-to-poetry-comics
 

In the Living Room

Read more about poetry comics at the Incidental Comics Substack: https://incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/an-intro-to-poetry-comics

Gratitude

 

Striking Out

 

Springwords

Happy National Poetry Month! Join me throughout April as I post a brand new series of poetry comics. Because what could be better than comics, poems, and Spring?

Poetic Justice

Happy National Poetry Month! This comic appears in the April 3 NY Times Book Review.

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My Poem

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Further reading:
"My Poetry is Direct" by Yamamoto Taro (from Like Underground Water, The Poetry of Mid-Twentieth Century Japan)

Colors

You can order a print of this comic at my shop.

Further reading for National Poetry Month:
"Snail" by Federico Garcia Lorca
Absolutely everything by Eve Merriam

Theories of Disappointment

 

Happy National Poetry Month! This month on Incidental Comics I’ll be referencing (both directly and indirectly) poems that have inspired my work.

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Further reading:
"Die Slowly" by Martha Medeiros (apocryphally attributed to Pablo Neruda)
"How to Wake a Sleepwalker" by Edward Lueders (from Zero Makes Me Hungry: A Collection of Poems for Today)

Writing a Poem

You can order a poster of this comic (and all the other comics for National Poetry Month) by following the instructions at my shop.

Unexpected Rain Song

National Poetry Month on Incidental Comics continues with this reimagining of the classic Langston Hughes poem "April Rain Song." I first read this poem in the children's poetry anthology "Sing a Song of Popcorn," which remains one of the most-read books on my bookshelf.