Spoken word poet, educator, TED Speaker (“Best of the Web” pick), 12th-generation New Yorker, inventor of @MetaphorDice.
Joined March 2010
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22 Jun 2025
Hello, @NYCDOE! I think you might have the date of Diwali wrong in the 2025–26 calendar. Everywhere I look, it seems to be 10/21/2025, but currently your official calendar is giving October 20 as the day off from school.
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18 Sep 2024
Is the teacher at my kids’ @NYCSchools allowed to give the Class Parent a simple roster of who is in the class? Each fall, Class Parents try to create accurate class contact lists, and it would be so much easier if we knew who we were missing!
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8 Sep 2023
In this weekly, in-person drop-in class w/ @TaylorMali, we’ll explore the way in which poems can emerge from “saying the quiet part out loud,” which is generally considered to be a bad thing.
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14 Aug 2023
📚 The Teachers I Loved Best by Taylor Mali and illustrated by Erica Root. #dailybutlershelfie #BackToSchoolMonth #TheTeachersILovedBest @TaylorMali @erica_draws @doubledaybooks
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8 Jul 2023
The official release party for POETRY BY CHANCE next Friday @BrooklynPoets is free in person or on Zoom, but still requires registering in advance. Please join us.
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28 Jun 2023
The book launch at @BrooklynPoets for the anthology of poems (I helped edit) all written using @MetaphorDice is FREE for all and will be broadcast on ZOOM! But you need to register here for either one: eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-po…
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12 Jun 2023
This new Tuesday drop-in class w/ @TaylorMali will delve into the poetic consciousness of Chat GPT. We'll examine the intricacies and limitations of its syntax and discuss the creative possibilities that arise from using computers as inspiration. brooklynpoets.org/workshops/…
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5 Jun 2023
New weekly drop-in workshop at Brooklyn Poets starts 6/20 at noon. Pre-registering is advised. Robots beware! eventbrite.com/e/rhymes-agai…
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17 Apr 2023
Can anyone get me in touch with my school friend Ali, seen here in one of the photos on his senior page? He’s had his ups and downs (who hasn’t?), but I’d love to find him again. We wrote our 7th grade term paper together! Alexander Maximilian Benedetto #AliBenedetto
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23 Mar 2023
Fate has me resting my head at The Andover Inn tonight, which I didn’t realize was on the campus of @phillipsacademy where I have never performed or taught! I wish I had time to crash the English Department tomorrow!
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18 Mar 2023
Alexander Benedetto, my old friend, you “pig-headed oxygen,” partner on our 7th-grade project on the Battle of Midway . . . where have you gone?
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8 Mar 2023
I am at AWP! Tonight I have two readings at @HugoHouse, starting at 7:30, and I will have by new children’s book published yesterday. Come by: hugohouse.org/event/awp-page…
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16 Jan 2023
I’m teaching in-person again at @BrooklynPoets, and because it’s a drop-in class you can start on ANY Tuesday at noon (thru 2/28)! And remember: It takes a village to close the barn door after milk has been spilled! brooklynpoets.org/workshops/…
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28 Nov 2022
Brand new episode has dropped! Peace and big thanks to @TaylorMali for this one!
Check out my podcast, The Corner, on Spotify! open.spotify.com/show/6rVDzr…
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25 Aug 2022
Next Tuesday (8/30) is the first of my weekly Metaphor Dice workshops at @BrooklynPoets. If you can help me make the first one a success, please do!
24 Aug 2022
Every human culture uses metaphor to talk about and help make sense of the complexities of our own lives. In this weekly drop-in w/ @TaylorMali, poets of all levels will embark on an exploration of the playful nature of figurative language. Starts Aug 30! brooklynpoets.org/workshops/…
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23 Aug 2022
I start teaching a weekly Tuesday evening Metaphor Dice workshop at Brooklyn Poets (144 Montague St) on Aug 30th (5–6 pm)! It's part of their Weekly Drop-In Series. Bring a pen and a journal and help pack the first one!
brooklynpoets.org/workshops/…
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22 Aug 2022
COVER REVEAL! My first children's picture book, published by @randomhousekids, is available for pre-order, and THIS is what it will look like! Thank you Erica Root for your wonderful illustrations (and secret rainbows)! rhcbooks.com/books/706929
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10 Jul 2022
Last night, while my son was brushing his teeth, he stopped and asked (verbatim) “Back then, did you have water?” by which he clearly meant DID WATER EXIST BACK WHEN YOU WERE ALIVE?
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5 Jul 2022
"I'll be honest with you": Taylor Mali (MA '93) @TaylorMali on the past, the present, and the artifice of honesty englishkstate.org/2022/07/05…
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28 Jun 2022
Trump’s tweet at 2:24 PM on January 6th about Pence was in the past tense so that it COULD serve as an epitaph if Pence was killed. The syntax is damning for this former English teacher. #Jan6thHearings
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