Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! Here we are at the last day of The Corner's celebration of the 30th anniversary of National Poetry Month! 30 Days and 30 different celebrations of poetry and poets! In this episode, I focus on the one and only Andrea Gibson and their poetry! When I started on this month long celebration, I wanted to be sure to include Andrea Gibson. Their life and work and how they lived has been, and continues to be, a deep inspiration for how I approach this experience called life. With that, I dedicate this episode to the life and work and memory of Andrea Gibson. Their impact is evergreen. To paraphrase how they signed my copy of Pansy... With gratitude. I keep writing. I keep loving.

To Andrea Gibson, 8/13/1975 - 7/14/2025

Andrea's Webpage - https://andreagibson.org/

The videos I mention in the episode -

"Fight For Love" https://youtu.be/xQpjI_0-8vc?si=Tzn1SKUTU8J3BDGp

"Orlando" https://youtu.be/TRUl2yfmDkk?si=kCU73VyHUHd14ite

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Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! We're winding down folks! Day 29 already! Wild, right? In this installment, I explore the poetry of another friend of The Corner, Miss Ebony Stewart! Though it is safe to say that I recommend ALL of her poetry, I focus most of my attention on the collection titled, BloodFresh. Press play!

Ebony's Website - https://ebpoetry.com/index.html

**Her Store tab will bring you right to Button Poetry's shop. They're good people too!**

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Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's Day 28 already. Man, why does time move so fast!? Fast like a cheetah, so to speak. Speaking of the phrase, "so to speak", I've got more poetry to tell you about! If you've heard the other days of my celebration of National Poetry Month, you've heard me speak highly of a poet named Terrence Hayes. Here's the thing, he's not just a trusted name in recommending and analyzing brilliant poetry, he is a brilliant poet himself! Listen in as I talk about his newest collection, So To Speak!

Terrance Hayes' Webpage - https://terrancehayes.com/

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Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's coming down to it folks! Here we are at Day 27 already! Wild, right? In this episode, I ponder the universe and the idea of life on Mars with the poetry collection Life On Mars by Tracy K. Smith! Come along for the ride with me and press play!

Tracy K. Smith's Webpage - tracyksmithpoet.com

Graywolf Press - https://www.graywolfpress.org/

Indie Bookstore Finder - https://bookshop.org/pages/bookstores

How To Reach Me

email - mjw511@yahoo.com

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Discord - M. Da Glyde Woodrow (You will also be able to find The Corner's own server there too!)

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's the 26th episode of National Poetry Month folks! That's right, day 26! Where does time go!? In this episode, I talk about the incomparable poet Morgan Parker and her collection, Magical Negro. This collection is beautifully powerful. Press play!

Morgan Parker's Webpage - https://www.morgan-parker.com/

Indie Bookstore Finder - https://bookshop.org/pages/bookstores

How To Reach Me

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Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's Day 25!? What!? Yeah, it's already Day 25! In this episode, I bring the quirky, often humorous, and always poignant poetry of former Poet Laurette Billy Collins to The Corner with his collection, The Trouble With Poetry! This is a fun collection indeed! Press play!

Billy Collins' Webpage - https://billycollinspoetry.com/

Indie Bookstore Finder - https://bookshop.org/pages/bookstores

How To Reach Me

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Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's Day 24, y'all! Holy shnikey! on this episode I bring Phil Kaye's collection, Date & Time into the chat! This collection of poetry is real, relatable, and always on time! Come with me to The Corner!

Phil Kaye's Webpage - https://philkaye.com/

Button Poetry - https://buttonpoetry.com/product/date-time/

Indie Bookstore Finder - https://bookshop.org/pages/bookstores

How To Reach Me

email - mjw511@yahoo.com

My Patreon - patreon.com/thecorner15

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Facebook - Matthew Wood Poet

Discord - M. Da Glyde Woodrow (You will also be able to find The Corner's own server there too!)

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! We're firmly in the 20's now with Day 23! Woah! In this episode I discuss the collection, Ghettoclaustrophobia by friend of The Corner Shanta Lee Honeycut (credited Shanta Lee Gander at the time of publication)! Meet me at The Corner!

Shanta Lee's Website - https://www.shantalee.com/

Indie Bookstore Finder - https://bookshop.org/pages/bookstores

How To Reach Me

email - mjw511@yahoo.com

My Patreon - patreon.com/thecorner15

BlueSky - GlydeW15

Twitter - GlydeW15

Insta - @walktothecorner

Facebook - Matthew Wood Poet

Discord - M. Da Glyde Woodrow (You will also be able to find The Corner's own server there too!)