Weekly poems to disrupt the everyday noise.

Poetry is that
conversation we could not
otherwise have had.
—Cid Corman

Substack overflows with opinions and politics. From a Basement offers poetry, a weekly engagement with writing that isn’t swamped by the onslaught of current events. My poems tend to be short and meditative, and I hope they remain with the reader throughout their week.

Free subscriptions: a poem every other week.

Paid subscriptions: a poem every week, plus occasional excerpts from other projects I’m working on, and poems by guest poets.

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