Timestamp: The Daily Practice of Poetry

David Breskin, a renowned record producer, author and artist, wrote a poem every day for six months in 2024, prohibiting himself from revising. Instead, he “timestamped” each work at the moment of completion — and returned to composition the next day. The resulting book, Timestamp: The Daily Practice of Poetry, is a triumph, simultaneously entertaining, provocative, and, unlike much modern poetry churned out of the MFA mills, comprehensible. Breskin’s voice is impassioned, incisive, and surprisingly funny, especially when confronting the absurdities and horrors of capitalism and America’s crumbling democracy. Seeing his poetry muscle grow and flex with daily repetition is a delight, like listening to a fine jazz artist creating magic in the moment.