What is Part-Time Poets?
Part-Time Poets is home to poetry born in the margins of to-do lists and note apps in pickup lines. Here you'll find poems that started as a word traced on the shower wall or scribbled on a scrap of paper at 3 a.m.; words inspired by the reality of crumbs on the floor and dreams of a better future; stories of hope and grief and everything in between.
Here you will find the poetry of (real) life.
Grab your drink of choice, steal a few minutes for yourself (maybe in the pickup line or at 3 a.m.), and join us!
Why Part-Time Poets?
Soon after I started writing on the internet I began using the phrase “full-time thinker, part-time writer” in my bio. Like most writers, I am constantly thinking about something I could write about, but I often have limited time to actually do it. I have a full-time job and two young boys which means if I am going to write it is in the margins of my days. My notes app is full of one liners and half finished thoughts. I do my best thinking in the shower because it’s quiet and there is nothing to distract me. My 3 a.m. brain is a poetry genius (my 7 a.m. brain not so much). The idea for this Substack came to me while I was sitting in bed with a sick kid and I hurried to claim the name before someone else did. I think you get it.
The writers joining me in this project have similar stories - we write because we have to, however, whenever we can.
