thinking about what a memory-keeper said to me earlier this week, "community is dead." I assured her it wasn't; that it is distributed between the digital and physical but even as I said this, it felt flat. Inadequate. Community is...mutating? In what ways can its meaning *resist* capitalism?

Change your gender, become a poet, catapult yourself into the sun. There are no rules. You can do anything you want.

thinking about nostalgia

you might wonder what art materials are needed when learning how to draw. you need a pen and the cheapest paper you can find. blick sells 500 sheets of newsprint for less than $10 but you can just use what’s lying around

I have some sprouts in this issue! 🌱

From @dapowell.bsky.social’s exquisitely saucy new chapbook “Tricks”: www.cutbankonline.org/2026-chapbooks #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Here's a drawing of gold-toothed Kentucky hero Smilin' Sid Hatfield (yes, related to the feuding ones), chief of police of Matewan, WV, who battled coal coal company gun thugs after preventing them from displacing and robbing the striking miner families to whom he'd sworn his protection. 1/

YES we gonna love it up! 🙌

shapes I saw today while inventorying an 18th century historic house...

bird journal 🐦: a large of flock of Canada Geese and Brants have been with us a few days... #birds #birding

“Tell your story as though you are trying to keep people awake.” ~ Jesse Lee Kercheval

I'm working with The Writer's Center on two new book clubs that focus on independent authors and presses!! We'll read a new book each month. Then the author will join us, read an excerpt, and answer reader questions! Read with us!

he took my spot

Good evening!! One happy guy

cruisin' #queerart #queerartist

'tis true! art for ALL! 🎨

waking up an angry again. deliberate and direct erasure. NO. We are here. We are queer. gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...

a flock of Canada Geese spent the day grazing the neighbor's lawn #birds #birding

a flock of Canada Geese spent the day grazing the neighbor's lawn #birds #birding

Three years, three books, three promotional thirst-traps 😜 After a successful Kickstarter campaign, my third book is out now! You can find the first two on bogossbook.com/shop

lil sketch of handsome devil @cinephilecub.bsky.social.

filed draft with editor shhh watching inbox for explosion

Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."

Doodle sketch Colour pencil, pencil blend and soft pastel #doodlesketch #artsky #artistsonbluesky

These words mean very different things in my culture.

❄️ winter issue's up! ❄️ ft. @carmenbarefield.bsky.social, @arianathepoet.bsky.social, @jmfletcher15.bsky.social, @bilorat.bsky.social, & more! voicemailpoems.org/2026/02/04/w...

Just registered - hope to see you (t)here!

point me to the Slack channel for queer weirdo smut artists please

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

good morning here's the juvenile bald eagle that's been flying through our yard these past few days... #birds #birding

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

please help chloe and her family if you can

"Maybe you have similar memories, piled high with fallen snow? No wonder poets so frequently wonder at winter marvels." ❄️ Flash reader @adrianf.bsky.social wrote a round-up of winter snow poems for their poetry column in the Stratford Crier! buff.ly/REBkT9h

can we all agree Q was madly in love with Jean-Luc Picard throughout all of TNG

"He reached for his bong. Parlor crushed it with her toes. She did not flinch when the glass entered her calloused heels." A BANGER from @neonpajamas.bsky.social in @xraylitmag.bsky.social today. xraylitmag.com/settlement-b...

In these troubling times, it feels meaningful to be able to harness the AWP community to support the local Baltimore literary community. Join us! Support CHARM! And enjoy these incredible readings! PLEASE RSVP as space is limited! Thank you! splitlipthemag.com/lip-service/...

On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had. I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!

The Council of Frogs is back with a third printing, now with the original short comic it started as included. And even better, you can order it direct from your local comic shop!

Two guys kissing >>>>>>>>>>>

James Tate #smallpoemsunday cc: @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

I don't know who needs to hear this, but how much you publish or whether you've finished that book or achieved ___ only matters in your own head. Anyone else who has thoughts about your productivity can fuck off. This guilt or shame is yours and you can let it go. This is art, not a finish line.

The mice have moved in for the winter. Now I am forced to be cleaner, but not that my house is, at all, in order.

Study of the heads of four old men, listening. By Antonio de Pereda of Madrid, whose day is today.

I’m not sure that I’ve ever appreciated intimacy so much. The world wants to cleave us apart with fear and violence, but the most beautiful among us lean toward each other, not away.

Unsubscribing from your Substack because of AI slop art

this is the lords work 🙏

saw some lesser scaups on the Long Island Sound today! #birds #birding

This is the Housatonic River outflow—frozen as a mass—and moving into the Long Island Sound ❄️

anatomy sketches, wedging and interlocking...🦶

Lauren Berlant & Kathleen Stewart, from “The Hundreds” #smallpoemsunday cc: @tomsnarsky.bsky.social