for #smallpoemsunday I'm sharing my poem in the latest issue of Fairy Tale Review CC: @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

it's true

I loved all four of these strange films. I feel like I'm on a roll. No notes.

In two months, we’ll be releasing John’s Table by Lesle Lewis, her 6th full-length collection. Arranged in 45 monostich pieces, all with single-word titles, this collection showcases a poet who continues to master her craft. May 27th. Grab a copy. Spread the word. asterismbooks.com/product/john...

Madca(m)p and minimal. Loved the seashell transmitter. Loved the earlobes. Loved the mayhem. All for a mid-sized SUV.

happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜 feel free to post small poems you wrote, or ones you like by other poets :) here’s one more from MOUNTEBANK, and one I love by Joanne Kyger, on the anniversary of her passing~

The official pub date for CLOUDWATCHER is two weeks away, so maybe a gentle nudge on #smallpoemsunday? @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

rob mclennan wrote a prose poem inspired by a prose poem inspired by a prose poem here's a writing prompt to accompany such a wormhole neonpajamas.substack.com/p/064-poem-p... @robmclennan.bsky.social

for #smallpoemsunday I'm sharing my poem in the latest issue of Fairy Tale Review CC: @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

“…we walked the way smokers walk, horizontally, with long pauses, our words so soft they sounded like the incomprehensible phrases spoken by small children.”

This pic immediately reminded of DeLillo's Cosmopolis: "He stood in the poetry alcove at the Gotham Book Mart, leafing through chapbooks. He browsed lean books always, half a fingerbreadth or less, choosing poems to read based on length and width. He looked for poems of four, five, six lines..."

a stack of 117 chapbooks & zines, some of my favorites in my collection, with no idea how to organize them on my shelves / where to keep them where it's not a chore to sift through

A bleak (and, at times, hilarious) masterclass on guilt, made all the more intense because of my many times spent enjoying the dunes of Lake Michigan.

Rennie Ament

We've been hard at work behind the scenes with this one. Spread the word. Support our city. See you there! @joseolivarez.bsky.social / @haymarketbooks.org / @fulmerford.com / @icirr.bsky.social

Two weeks from today! Hope to see you there. Spread the word if you can.

reading submission guidelines & nodding my head in approval until seeing a dealbreaker: 'your manuscript must be double-spaced'

Selma Asotić

Neon Night Mic update: 6 readers locked in for May (3 out of towners) 6 readers locked in for July (4 out of towners) 6 readers locked in for Sept (4 out of towners) 3 readers locked in for Nov (1 out of towner) Love how more non-Chicagoans are finding out about this series ❤️

"I sing poems to my turkeys every night." A year's supply of Kleenex. A chainsaw store. A clock without hands. A marshmallow-eating contest. My kind of absurdism. Nearly every line in this film is something I wished I'd have included in one of my poems or flash fictions. Unreal.

Some of our favorite poetry books *ever* have been written by Matthea Harvey. The author of four solo collections, one collaborative release, and multiple children’s books / graphic novels, it goes without saying that no one writes quite like Harvey.

A poem so strange yet so simple, I had to read it again and again, quickly realizing it was one of my new favorites from Daniel Brenner's June (2011) via @fencebooks.bsky.social

Love a fairytale retelling. This one rips. Disgusting, hysterical, & visually striking. This movie reminded me of the many trending modern book covers that blend renaissance era / public domain paintings with bright accompanying fonts. Leonora Carrington, you would have loved Emilie Blichfeldt.

one year ago today ❤️ come a long way

I presented a Japanese ambient musician on a label-wide call today and flawlessly pronounced Haruhisa Tanaka, Tamayura, Yurikago, Kazuma Okabayashi, Chihei Katakeyama 🇯🇵

Fine Gråbøl tr. Martin Aitken @archipelagobooks.bsky.social

I love Mikko Harvey & I love Réka Nyitrai!

Daniel Brenner @fencebooks.bsky.social

can't be good

We’ve been fans of poet, educator, & curator @noahfalck.bsky.social since discovering his writing back in 2019/2020. His collection ‘Exclusions’ remains a favorite. Regardless of which one you grab, you won’t be disappointed.

S.E. Smith

best films of 2025 with zero Oscar nominations Kill the Jockey Mr. K Die My Love Eddington The Phoenician Scheme Reflection in a Dead Diamond Tornado Rabbit Trap Harvest

Jennifer Lawrence not getting a nomination for Die My Love is WILD

two bangers, one average, and one I thought would be so much better #lastfourwatched

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a tiny poem I wrote this week for #smallpoemsunday / @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

it's a great day to write a poem inspired by slime

Philip Schaefer @uofupress.bsky.social

I just keep writing and writing and writing and writing

rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social

Early contender for my favorite watch of the year. A masterpiece. It felt like a more meta and self-aware version of Last Action Hero (a favorite of mine as a kid). A strange movie within a strange movie complete with twirls and overlaps and braids. Beautiful, beautiful.

currently watching

co-hosting one reading in early April then participating in a beach reading in mid-April every month should be like this

Danniel Schoonebeek @yesyesbooks.bsky.social

So excited to be part of this!!!!

We've been hard at work behind the scenes with this one. Spread the word. Support our city. See you there! @joseolivarez.bsky.social / @haymarketbooks.org / @fulmerford.com / @icirr.bsky.social

Barton Smock @bartonsmock.bsky.social

thanks to Ashley Yang-Thompson for reading Kiik's book & interviewing him on your Substack! ashleyyangthompson.substack.com/p/discomfort...

Sarah Rose Nordgren @smallharborpub.bsky.social

"Third Eye" by Souvankham Thammavongsa continues to haunt me