Annie Powell Stone

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NEW CHAPBOOK!
Praise for Jewel Box:

"An exquisite trove of the intimacy and intricacies of daily life. Against the clamor and chaos of our current time, these poems are a deep breath, a warm hug, “heart-achingly beautiful / gifts” that compel you to look more closely at your own life to discover the vast landscape of small treasures hidden beneath the surface. "

                       - Claire Taylor, author of April and Back Again

a dancing girl press chapbook

POETRY DROPLETS

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"My Last Summer With Dad, 2023"

Featured on Voicemail Poems

CHAPBOOK
Hampden Wildlife: Reflections on the Nature of a Baltimore City Neighborhood

The Hampden neighborhood has old homes and new art, big dogs and little cars, tall trees and narrow alleyways. It’s a quirky, charming, stinky, beautiful mess of a place. This chapbook peers at its paradoxes, specifically with an eye towards the interaction between the modern, urban world and the natural, green world.
                     
from BottleCap Press

"This One is for Bridget"

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I jumped into a neighborhood Open Mic to share this poem written for and about my beautiful sister, who is a transgender woman. These are tough times for the LGBT community and I take comfort in Bridget's own words: "They can't erase us." 

Contact

  • Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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GLOSS

 In "Jewel Box," Annie Powell Stone seeks a new (old) perspective: the childlike wonder that sees each “tiny true moment” as a gem to hold and treasure. As the poems unfold over the course of a day, she examines the small moments in motherhood to make sense of the world and find her fullest self. The refrain “What beauty can be found?” directs her attention—and readers’—to the glimmers in everyday life: her son’s light-up shoe, wildflower bouquets, a sunset. Stone’s poems shine as brightly as the beauty she writes about. These gentle, hopeful poems provide the “sweet warmth of connection” that we all too often overlook. By collecting “the beautiful minutiae of this absurd life” in "Jewel Box," Stone nudges readers to look for the tiny miracles in our own day to day. 

Carolina VonKampen
Freelance book editor and Capsule Stories Publisher and Editor-in-chief  |  Carolina's website

 "Annie Powell Stone’s "Jewel Box" captures in words the magic of the mundane that surprises the soul during those quietest of moments." 

Todd Gray, PhD
University of Southern Mississippi

 "'Jewel Box' is an exquisite trove of the intimacy and intricacies of daily life. I found myself wanting to sift through this collection slowly, to return again and again to bask in its quiet moments and marvel over Annie Powell Stone’s unique ability to capture the pain and pleasure in life’s pauses. Against the clamor and chaos of our current time, these poems are a deep breath, a warm hug, “heart-achingly beautiful / gifts” that compel you to look more closely at your own life to discover the vast landscape of small treasures hidden beneath the surface. “What beauty can be found?” Stone asks repeatedly in "Jewel Box." This collection is the answer to its own question and I am so grateful to Stone for sharing her bounty with us." 

Claire Taylor
Author of "April and Back Again"  |  Claire's website

 Thanks to Claire Taylor and Annie Powell Stone for sharing their beautiful, clever, and biting poetry with us. These two gems somehow took their experiences of motherhood + the pandemic, two challenges many of us know too well, and crafted them into language that brought out our every emotion, and reminded us of just how human we are. 

The Womb Room
host of gala with poetry readings  |  The Womb Room

 [These two chapbooks] invite readers to witness the interactions between nature and the cityscape, joy and sorrow in our everyday lives and surroundings. Blending self-reflection and observation, these collections of poems offer a meditation on how our lives are shaped and changed by the places and people we call home. 

Enoch Pratt Free Library
host of poetry reading event at the Hampden branch
  

featured poetry

"Questions for My Husband While At My Father's Memorial Service" (Parts 1 and 2) and "Tending and Turning"
 
"Questions for My Husband While At My Father's Memorial Service" (Parts 1 and 2) and "Tending and Turning"
"My Last Summer with Dad, 2023"
 
"My Last Summer with Dad, 2023"
"Not Watching Birds"
 
"Not Watching Birds"
featured in "Healing Stories and Sacred Songs" newsletter
 
featured in "Healing Stories and Sacred Songs" newsletter
"webbed worlds"
 
"webbed worlds"
"To Read at a Prairie Graveside"
 
"To Read at a Prairie Graveside"
"What If What Was Holding Me Together Was Suddenly Gone?"
 
"What If What Was Holding Me Together Was Suddenly Gone?"
*nominated for a Pushcart Prize* "I walk my worry through winter wind"
 
*nominated for a Pushcart Prize* "I walk my worry through winter wind"
"(dis)connecting"
 
"(dis)connecting"
"we are all wearing our survival bodies"
 
"we are all wearing our survival bodies"
*nominated for Best of the Net* "a skeleton crew"
 
*nominated for Best of the Net* "a skeleton crew"
"wanting the wild swim" and "Before any alarms"
 
"wanting the wild swim" and "Before any alarms"
"The Sleep Sack"
 
"The Sleep Sack"
"good morning, blue"
 
"good morning, blue"
"respect the privacy screen"
 
"respect the privacy screen"
"Because We Said So," "survival plan," and "sounds like a hospital"
 
"Because We Said So," "survival plan," and "sounds like a hospital"
"Lakeside Alms"
 
"Lakeside Alms"
"while hiking the big hill"
 
"while hiking the big hill"
"I Go to Oaks for Answers," "standing on hair's end," and "Paper Stars"
 
"I Go to Oaks for Answers," "standing on hair's end," and "Paper Stars"
"Keep Your Place" and "Femurs and Floorboards"
 
"Keep Your Place" and "Femurs and Floorboards"
"in black and white" and "Preserving"
 
"in black and white" and "Preserving"
"Bringing Up"
 
"Bringing Up"
"A Piece of Quiet"
 
"A Piece of Quiet"
"Nascent Quarantine"
 
"Nascent Quarantine"

OTHER DOINGS

About

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When I am quiet, poems find me. My hope in sharing my writing is that a quiet moment will find you when you read my work. I believe these poems and these moments have the power to change us if we are open to them. Being open to a poem means I am open to the small miracles of everyday life, and my job as a poet is to combine words in a fresh way that illuminates those small miracles so you can see them too.

Bio:
Annie Powell Stone (she/her) is a fan of peanut butter toast. She uses poetry as ballast while navigating life. Her poetry has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Her newest chapbook, Jewel Box, is forthcoming from dancing girl press & studio, Summer 2026; her chapbook Hampden Wildlife: Reflections on the Nature of a Baltimore City Neighborhood was published by Bottlecap Press, Summer 2023. Annie’s poetry has been featured in numerous literary journals, including Nurture Literary and The Sunlight Press. She lives on the ancestral land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock people with her husband and two kiddos in Baltimore City, MD.