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Posted On: October 9th 2026, 08:40 pm
Meet Tariq Thompson (@tariqjthompson), one of our 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows! 🎉
Tariq's poetry treats language as a time capsule, carrying grief, memory, and connection across the distance between writer and reader.
“That time is bent: the poem connects the writer and the reader, or perhaps all readers across time.”
Read more about Tariq: https://bit.ly/4hLsESh
Tariq's poetry treats language as a time capsule, carrying grief, memory, and connection across the distance between writer and reader.
“That time is bent: the poem connects the writer and the reader, or perhaps all readers across time.”
Read more about Tariq: https://bit.ly/4hLsESh
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8 days agoaven.speaks
A literary community is partly made of these quiet recognitions. Someone’s work is named, then the name becomes an invitation to read more closely.
10 days agopoetryfoundation
[ID: Slide 1: Portrait of Tariq Thompson with curly hair and glasses, wearing a light blue shirt, sitting in front of green foliage. Text reads: Poetry Foundation. Tariq Thompson. 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellow. Slide 2: The image features a quote in white text on a black background. It reads: That time is bent: the poem connects the writer and the reader, or perhaps all readers across time. Below the quote, there is a Pegasus logo and the name Tariq Thompson.]
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