I’ve been following Sadbook on Substack by Sara Barkat for quite a while now. At first, I thought the character might be intended for a younger generation. And Sadbook certainly has that appeal – a kind of updated Charlie Brown. (I don’t want to imply that Sadbook is a male; gender isn’t specified and really doesn’t matter.) And it can be a little odd or slightly offbeat, causing you to turn your head and say “What?”
But then I read Barkat’s The Sadbook Collections 2, essentially all of the Sadbook cartoons from 2024 (the first volume covers 2023). And it was then that it hit me: Sadbook is a poet.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.
Some Thursday Readings
“Upon my Son Samuel His Going for England,” poem by Anne Bradstreet – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.
A Review of Homage to Soren Kierkegaard, edited by Dana Gioia and Mary Grace Mangano – Matthew King at New Verse Review.
Questions that arise from a poem – Padraig O Tuama at Poetry Unbound.
An Appreciation of Ted Kooser – Judith Harris at Literary Matters.
Moonwalk – poem by Jerry Barrett at Gerald the Writer.
