May 18, 2025
Jeremy Radin
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Jeremy Radin is a writer and actor. His poems have appeared (or are forthcoming) in Poem-a-Day,Ploughshares, The Colorado Review, Crazyhorse, The Sun, and elsewhere. He is the author of three collections of poetry: Belly God (Orison Books, forthcoming 2026, selected by Ellen Bass), Dear Sal (Not A Cult, 2022), and Slow Dance with Sasquatch (Write Bloody Publishing, 2012). He has worked as an actor in film, television, and theater. He is the founder and operator of Lanternist Creative Consulting, through which he coaches writers and performers. He likes to point at birds and try to remember their names. Follow him @germyradin.
Lord, I am the lamp
illuminating as much
of my life as I can.
Sometimes I think it’s far less vulnerable to be sad than to be funny. To be sad in a poem is to be seen feeling, and it’s hard to disagree or criticize a feeling; to be funny is to be seen seeing, far easier to criticize or disagree with.