Robin Beth Schaer's Blog

Starring an existential child, a lost love, dead butterflies & hungry monkeys, "Holdfast" by Robin Beth Schaer was selected by U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith for inclusion in the Academy of American Poets "Poem-a-Day" program for National Poetry Month.

Read the poem here:
Holdfast by Robin Beth Schaer"

A new poem in the beautiful new LOVE issue of Territory. There are stars, planets, a child’s questions about infinity — & even Ohio makes its debut appearance.

The Long Now by Robin Beth Schaer

UPCOMING EVENTS

Association of Writers and Writing Programs
Tampa, FL  |  March 7-10, 2018

BOOKINGS
Send inquiries about availability for readings and workshops to:
robinschaer [at] gmail [dot] com.

NOW MORE AVAILABLE
Shipbreaking has a new distributor!

GET THE BOOK
Distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor, and Follett
Bookstores: Amazon & Barnes & Noble & Powell’s
Independent Bookstore Search: Indiebound
Request a review or exam copy: [email protected]

UPCOMING EVENTS

Association of Writers and Writing Programs
Tampa, FL  |  May 7-10, 2018

BOOKINGS
Send inquiries about availability for readings and workshops to:
robinschaer [at] gmail [dot] com.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY  |  April 21-23

Massachusetts Poetry Festival
Salem, MA  |  May 6

BOOKINGS
Send inquiries about availability for readings and workshops to:
robinschaer [at] gmail [dot] com.

NOW MORE AVAILABLE
As of May 1, Shipbreaking has a new distributor!

GET THE BOOK
Distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor, and Follett
Bookstores: Amazon & Barnes & Noble & Powell’s
Independent Bookstore Search: Indiebound
Request a review or exam copy: [email protected]

SHIPBREAKING included in The Forward’s Top Cultural Moments of 2016

“Lines and line breaks are poetry’s structural units, in much the same way that timbered planks — and the gaps that must be filled between them — create a ship’s hull. Fittingly, the rapturous poems in Robin Beth Schaer’s “Shipbreaking” are fashioned from taut lines joined by tension. Nautical imagery of wind, waves and wreck suffuse this volume. The horrors and wonders of the natural world—extinctions, disasters, migrations —...

Avast! Poetry makes a great gift. Take 25% off holiday orders of SHIPBREAKING this December. Includes an autographed copy of the book, nautical tattoo glossary, and a selection of temporary tattoos. Will ship out immediately! Use promo code AHOY at check out: http://ow.ly/WheLr

Avast! Poetry makes a great gift. Take 25% off holiday orders of SHIPBREAKING this December. Includes an autographed copy of the book, nautical tattoo glossary, and a selection of temporary tattoos. Will ship out immediately! Use promo code AHOY at check out: http://ow.ly/WheLr