“I thought the word sounded like a magic spell. It even begins with hex. A sort of abracadabra meets hydrocarbons.” This piece by Ron Riekki resonates: variantlit.com/the-opposite...

Ron Riekki shares his poem ‘When I worked,’ along with a few inspirations, his thoughts on creative awards, and how he manages to fit poetry into his life after work. Thanks Ron! pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...

In his @NewVerseNews #poem Ron Riekki recounts the “Sh*t” he has heard and witnessed in the streets of Chicago. newversenews.blogspot.com/2024/06/sht....

New poem from Ron Riekki, author of the 2022 poetry collection "Blood / Not Blood, then the Gates" solsticelitmag.org/content/when...

One more spotlight on our issue 20 prose ✨️ variantlit.com/issue-twenty/

From "When I worked in the prison, it reminded me of the military, and" by Ron Riekki in our Spring 2025 Issue. Read here: solsticelitmag.org/content/when...

“I dressed up as a ghost, but I didn’t feel like being a ghost, but my mother had made me a ghost costume and said I had to wear it...and it wasn’t even a white blanket. It was blue. A blue ghost? There’s no such thing.” Ron Riekki #FlashFiction   flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2023/09/30/r...

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth! Today's share is by Ron Riekki (author of 'Blood / Not Blood Then the Gates,' 'My Ancestors Are Reindeer Herders and I Am Melting In Extinction: Saami-American Non-Fiction, Fiction, and Poetry,' and more). www.rattle.com/im-lying-in-...

"I Can't Explain", a story by Ron Riekki | https://www.caveat-lector.org/3302/website/fiction/riekki.html @RiekkiRon via Caveat Lector

My father tried harder the older he got. I never had children, so I write poems about lacking the past. Ron Riekki has been awarded a 2014 Michigan Notable Book, 2015 Best Small Fictions, 2016 Shenandoah Fiction Prize, 2016 IPPY Award, 2019 Red Rock Film Fest Award, 2019 Best of the Net finalist,…

In light of two recent stories of severe hazing in schools, Ron Riekki writes in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem of “Toxic Hypermadness.” #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/05/toxi...

Thanks to @rattlepoetry.bsky.social's interview with Middle West Press poet Ron Riekki! Lots of great insights about poetry and trauma and being silly! View the full interview via YouTube here: www.youtube.com/live/dH7bfrSmzWM?si=mizVRttsxXEgGICh&t=442

"Sweet Talk," a story about heroin by Ron Riekki www.bruisermag.com/sweet-talk-b...

“We’re floating down a river and it’s 106 degrees in Michigan,” writes Ron Riekki in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem. The talk is of war and peace, life and death. #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/06/were...

Checkout Mad Swirl‘s 4TH installment of “Inside the Eye” In this episode: We shared highlights from our Poetry Forum, Short Story library, Gallery and Open Mic, spanning Q4 of 2024. We interviewed Contributing Poet/Writer Ron Riekki! The whole mad swirl of podcasting begins NOW! (links in post)

Sonnet 22: To the Veterans Who Continue to Live Despite the Intrusions Thank you, Ron Riekki

You can read Ron's modern take on a few of Shakespeare's sonnets at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xvi/ronriekki

"I mean that they would tie us to fences and there were so many fences because it was a military base where they were practicing the art of borders" —Ron Riekki

your girl is ON THE STOKER AWARD LONGLIST oh my god oh my god oh my god I’m hyperventilating

"There’s a sun out there somewhere but I can’t see it. For some reason, I want to find it, but it’s buried alive." Read "The Opposite of Dusk" by Ron Riekki ☀️ variantlit.com/the-opposite...

Ron Riekki will be featured LIVE on Rattle magazine's "Rattlecast" Sun., Sept. 22, 2024 8 p.m. EDT / 5 p.m. PDT! Info: www.rattle.com/rattlecast/ YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4x... "Blood / Not Blood ... Then the Gates": - In print: amzn.to/3fxE6oi - On Amazon Kindle: amzn.to/3OhvPQU

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