are there any poetry magazines or presses who do NOT read submissions anonymously? basically, I have a growing collection of poems about/including my name and it's so hard to find a place who will even read them, let alone consider them for publication

We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis. It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents. This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.

My comfort with uncertainty and the knowledge that uncertainty is not synonymous with chaos are helping to ground me.

I mean, it's not like the Nobel Prize was a super legitimate thing to begin with, given its vast history of gifting peace prizes to war criminals. But if it had an legitimacy before, certainly now no more

ever since i started watching Heated Rivalry I've been writing really sweet poems. it's rather bittersweet because i'd rather the poems be slutty and horny, but whatever, i'll take these bittersweet sweet poems (and actually, not even saccharine, they are not-too-sweet bittersweet sweet poems)

a random white guy followed me yesterday and harassed me for ID, suggesting that I was "not from Colorado" luckily I was in a space where i had folks to come to my aid and get that man out of the space, but it was very very weird and concerning

I just finished The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor and I just think that if you read that book and also my chapbook MISEDUCATION, you'll be thoroughly convinced to never pursue grad skool 😅

hullo [poets & writers of] bluesky i'm facilitating a generative poetry writing workshop next week. it's virtual and free and i'd love to see you there December 10th at 6pm EST (which, for me, is 4pm MST) sundressblog.com/2025/11/20/s...

trying to remember what it feels like to share mundane thoughts, feelings, and media [to friends/to strangers/to whoever you are reading this] without feeling a strange sense of shame or embarrassment

I read You Better Be Lightning again today, and i'm left resonating on the power of words, and in particular, the word "love" love

it's so strange how business have and use our data. capitalism is so strange, to say the least i woke up today to birthday greetings from my alma mater (?? don't recall this happening before), from my dentist office, and from my local pharmacy 😅🥴😵‍💫

poetry / history rabbit hole: i wanted to use the word "behemoth" in a poem and the word "mammoth" rolled out after. I became curious if there were American mammoths... and learned that enslaved Africans found a mammoth tooth in Stono River, South Carolina in 1725

omg someone already listened to my album 🥹🥹🥹 oh also hi bluesky my new poetry album PRXPAGANDA is out now, streamable and downloadable exclusively on bandcamp link in linktree in bio

i just really want us to critically think about the identity "American" – who does and and doesn't come to mind? what does an American look like? what do they act like? now think about yourself: to what extent do you fit or not fit that identity?

Heaven Looks Like Us: An Evening of Palestinian Poetry 🇵🇸 Join @intifadabatata.bsky.social, @noorhindi.bsky.social, and contributors to the new Palestinian poetry anthology Heaven Looks Like Us for a virtual reading in commemoration of Nakba Day. RSVP to join: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

upcoming readings: two music&poetry events local to Denver and one virtual reading to celebrate the chapbook BloodFlex by Ajanaé Dawkins

never really cared about being bald because I've always kept my hair short anyway, but also, looking at old pictures when my hairline was not only present but sharp makes me feel emotions

anymore, these sorts of apps require constant exchange, which requires more attention than i'm willing to give. What i mean: people aren't going to like your posts if you don't like theirs. so if i'm only posting and not interacting, i'm also not receiving interactions

New poem out called "Preamble" Thank you so much the Protean Mag team! "Drawing on the work of Layli Long Soldier and Solmaz Sharif, Aerik Francis' "Preamble" adopts the language of the law to expose its violent contradictions." proteanmag.com/2025/04/30/p...

i'm struck by how blatant and obvious the lying is "he got himself detained" is basically their defense newrepublic.com/post/194303/...

me at my last poetry reading: alright y'all, my next poem is about the constitution crowd: *collective groan*

the thing about the leaks that is most concerning to me, well i mean other than the idea of these men giggling and laughing about mass murder in text chats, is the confirmation of war with Yemen, though "war" is one of those strange words we keep using when we actually mean "campaign of mass murder"

Made a song & video for a poem of mine, took a very "hands-on" approach "Mutual Constitution" | phaentompoet youtu.be/uNSxIEjEhQU?...

I have a new poem out with Retrograde Review (an online literary zine that only publishes during Mercury retrograde) about love or lack thereof it's called "Over/Under: Love" retrogradereview.com/retrorevfeat...

been getting really cool poetry news lately, but with world news the way it is, it all feels hollow and bittersweet. Even still, good news can be a shining light where there doesn't seem to be anything to look forward to, so i'm grateful for these moments of lightness

if i were a prose writer, i'd write an essay about how colloquial american english has become so figurative and extreme that it is legitimately difficult to discern reality from exaggeration

if it's not clear to everyone by now, the current US administration is gutting everything remotely related to social welfare, and in the chaos, they are setting up a system that exclusively benefits themselves (the rich white elite) at everyone else's detriment

Announcing Attack of the Queer Ecosphere! A virtual reading on Mon. March 24, starting at 6:30pm EST. Featuring Yasmine Bolden, Emdash, Aerik Francis, Jacob J. Billingsly, Isaac Pickell, and Allya Yourish. Email [email protected] for the Zoom link. RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/17296...

Friends with exes & pogi bois. Imprints of teeth & walking McCarthyism. Summer rains & data farms. Thunder thighs & a cool rock. Siri & The Brooklyn Bridge. Feathers & trains. beestung #22, a rich double issue guest edited by KB Brookins (@earthtokb.bsky.social) is here! beestungmag.com

new poem out today at beestung gratitude to KB and Sarah, thank you "Fat4Fat" beestungmag.com/issue22/fat4...

Kelela is such a special artist 💚😭

there have been a lot of horrific things happening since Jan 20, but seeing the news that the USA is trying to deport ppl to Salvadoran prisons just made my gut sink have you seen their prison system? they're like, well, mega prisons

finally did a thing i have been procrastinating for months and it only took an hour

people keep saying "we are witnessing a coup." we are not. a coup d'etat is "a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government" What we are witnessing is neither sudden nor unlawful, and not even violent in the usual sense. It's a takeover, it's a seizure, but it's not a coup.

"I have not been able to touch the destruction within me. But unless I learn to use the difference between poetry and rhetoric my power too will run corrupt as poisonous mold or lie limp and useless as an unconnected wire" -- Audre Lorde's "Power" www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53918/...

ANMLY is now open for new work for one more week *only!* We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation! > anmly.submittable.com *Fee waivers available* Check out our latest issue to see what we're into! > anmly.org/ap39

Thinking about this poem by the brilliant Suzi Q Smith "Three Women on Trump: Hope" By Suzi Q. Smith suspectpress.com/2017/03/19/t...

i'm always thinking about this poem i would like to host a poetry workshop on America poems where we read a bunch and then write our own "America" by Solmaz Sharif harpers.org/archive/2019...

467 days. None of us will ever be the same. Nor should we be. Nothing will ever be the same. Nor should it be.

i hope we all know this app is no refuge. it may not be owned by a multibillionaire [yet] (or is it?– how much do we really know?) but either way this is yet another a platform designed to take our data (i won't own these words after i press post) and to drive some kind of profit, if only ad revenue

My poem "No More Masters" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. The poem appears in the Listen To Your Skin Anthology and was nominated alongside brilliant writers like D.L. Cordero and Ahja Fox. Thank you Stina <3 Here is a link to the book www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/collections/...

TODAY at 8:30pm (EST) is a virtual reading to organize funds for poet Aline Mello ! I personally feel uncomfortable sharing zoom links on social media, but please if you are interested in attending, send me a message and I'll send you the link

Please consider submitting to Rogue Agent! And help us spread the word - share with fellow poets who may have work on theme.

is there a way to know if i'm on a "list" i rly don't want to be on any "list"

I have a new poem & interview out with Bait/Switch, which is a super cool project where artists make art based on the art of another artist who made art based on the art of the another artist who...etc etc You can see the piece that inspired my poem in this issue too! www.baitswit.ch/me-sandwich

I have 2 new poems out today with Alocasia "An Anti-Pastoral" and "Grandma Dolores Waters the Monstera" alocasia.org/2024/06/20/a...

Congratulations to ALOCASIA's 2025 Pushcart Prize nominees! KateLynn Hibbard Kai Coggin Aerik Francis Raina K. Puels Shannon Pulusan Miriam Navarro Prieto Read their work at www.alocasia.org