Joseph Radke

Little Cousins, "Called back." Emily. Last letter of Emily Dickinson, who died on this date in 1886.

My poem, "The Turning of the Wife of Lot," is up at Southeast Review: www.southeastreview.org/single-post/... It may be the best poem I've written.

I've read several articles on spotting "AI" generated text. I know there's software out to help. But I think I got this one on my own.

My mom always told me I was special, but no one thinks more of me than the NYT Wordle bot! 317 out of 99! ☺️

www.bicoastalreview.com/josephradke Here's my #PoemsAloud. I'm not a fan of my own voice, but I got a professional voice (Sarah Callinan) to raise the level.

Just finished my friend Melissa Range’s new poetry collection, Printer’s Fist. It’s an amazing book about the abolitionist movement. If you're interested in resistance to injustice and solidarity across class, race, and gender, read this book. www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650011...

after so long how to open again in the cold light of earliest spring— Louise Glück

My life is beginning to repeat itself as my Wordle results echo the refrigerator magnet poetry of my youth.

I decided to try some actual revision exercises instead of just staring at a poem and asking it to get better. The results were gratifying.

I am honored to have a poem accepted by southeastreview.bsky.social this week.

I just found out I was a semi-finalist for the 2025 Richard Snyder Book Prize. Congrats to K.T. and Michael! I can't wait to read their books.

Here's my other poem, "Another Morning Poem," published in the latest Southern Poetry Review. Some days you just feel better...

My poem "Shape of a Day" will soon be On the Seawall (www.ronslate.com)!

Here's my poem The Same Dog from the latest Southern Poetry Review. The Roman poet Horace is credited with using a dog as a metaphor for depression, but this is likely a mistranslation.

Just got the latest issue of Southern Poetry Review. SPR was one of the first journals I saw at the local B&N when I began taking poetry seriously. Full of poetry, and with those B&W covers, it became my idea of what a poetry journal was and should be. I’m thrilled to have two poems in the issue.

Great reading and interesting discussion. Dawn's book is fantastic!

I’m re-reading Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson. She discusses the significance of the edges in words and desire. This poem from Poetry Daily keeps coming to mind: poems.com/poem/sapphic....

New work up at the always cool Packingtown Review: www.packingtownreview.com/issues/23/ra...

Thanks to my hippie parents, I've always loved celebrating the solstices. Here's a poem for the longest day of the year. From Louise Glück's Collected Poems: bookshop.org/a/862/9780374534097 #books #solstice #writing

I've been getting “encouraging” rejections (“admire your work,” “generated interest from our editors,” “please send more soon”) from some pretty good journals (Southern Review, Meridian, Adroit, Image). I must be doing something right. And something wrong.

Lawlss Coffee in Appleton is closed. A sad moment for the coffee and arts scene in Appleton. Lawlss was a supporter of and gathering place for local artists and writers. Thanks Stefan for great coffee and memories! www.postcrescent.com/story/money/...

These rush hours never fail to make me smile.

The audio file is up my poem at Bicoastal Review(www.bicoastalreview.com/josephradke). It turned out really well. Many thanks to Sarah Callinan (sarahcallinan.com) for the second voice in the reading.

'I'm mad about all of it': 2,500 people lined College Avenue to protest President Trump, Musk Appleton, Wisconsin www.postcrescent.com/story/news/l...

Joseph Radke in ISSUE 24! www.theshorepoetry.org/issue-24

On Wednesday night, I'll participate in my first poetry reading since 2010. whatever returns from oblivion returns to find a voice — Louise Glück

I'll be reading as part of the new Breathing Room Poetry Series in Appleton, WI. 6 PM on Mach 12th.

We are like a lot of wild spiders crying together, but without tears. Robert Lowell, "Fall 1961"

The poem that's currently haunting me... (originally in yalereview.bsky.social)

I attended an amazing reading by paisleyrekdal.bsky.social on Thursday at Lawrence University. She presented poems from West: A Translation and read some stunning new work. If you have not yet experienced West: A Translation (westtrain.org), go now. Everything will still be here when you get back.

Just found out I was a semi-finalist for the uwiscpress.bsky.social Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes in Poetry. Disappointed not to have been selected for publication, but honored and encouraged to have been so highly considered. Thanks to the judge, readers, editors, and staff.

Two of my poems will be read on the podcast “Landward: Readings of Place and Season” (www.wdrt.org/landward/) in 2026 and 2027.