Calling all tattooed poets: Tattoosday Wants You! [by Stacey Lehman]

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March 09, 2018

Calling all tattooed poets: Tattoosday Wants You! [by Stacey Lehman]

Poet Ryan Black photo (c) Bill Cohen

Hard to believe but it's been 10 years since we have cheered on Bill Cohen, one of our favorite bloggers, as he has assembled an array of tattooed poets for Tattoosday's annual tribute to National Poetry Month. We are once again happy to spread the word to inked poets everywhere. Bill would like to post an image of your tattoo on Tattoosday every day during April. Tattoos need not be literary in nature to qualify. If your ink is featured, Bill hopes to give a little history of your tattoo, some background about you and your poetry, and he'll include links to your own website, books, and poems. With your permission, he'll even post a poem.

Thus far, Bill has featured nearly 325 poets! You can see who's been cool enough to join the ranks here .

Submission guidelines are posted on www.tattooedpoets.com. Please contact Bill at tattoosday@gmail.com for more info.

Posted by The Best American Poetry on March 09, 2018 at 05:56 AM in Announcements, Tattoosday | Permalink

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I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark

from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman