I'll stand by "I am tired of tidings," for the most part. But getting a message that @thedodgemag.bsky.social nominated "East of Eden" for the Best of the Net anthology, those were tidings that put some wind back in my sails. Thank you to the editors, especially @sambranopoet.bsky.social.

Grateful to have two poems in issue 27 of The Shore, a journal I love--in the company of so many lovely poets & the photographer Melissa Marsh. So: thank you, dear editors, for making space for this narrow fellow, "Pink."

"Political satire is one of the oldest and most important forms of free speech." --Brendan Carr, 2022 Political bootlicking is, of course, just as old.

stay tender somehow old postcard-collage-collab with @dinalrelles.bsky.social

And one from issue 3 contrib Jane Zwart ALSO in Action, Spectacle!

"I pick up my pencil. I wish I could call the place it comes to rest, the small and grooved knob on my fourth finger, a cradle but it is a callus..." Oh joy! @janezwart.bsky.social's pencil, sure & true, has wrought something for which we have all been waiting www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...

Coming out in February, but I wish it were tomorrow. Waiting (impatiently) for this book I already know I love.

Thank you to the generous crew at Action, Spectacle for making a spot for this poem about breaking & spreading news.

I already have my copy, so I know whereof I speak when I say that y'all want your copies, too.

Full of gratitude this morning. For my mom, whose birthday is tomorrow. For West Trestle: @patriciacaspers.bsky.social, Annie Stenzel, and the whole crew. To have a poem in their September issue with art by Ellen June Wright.

#clouds #blackandwhite #photography #california #bayarea #dailyphoto #september #art #artwork #artaday #artchallenge “cloud diaries day 3960”

“The government sometimes makes brief, investigative stops to check the immigration status of those who gather in locations where people are hired for day jobs such as construction, landscaping, agriculture or car washes…and who do not speak much if any English.” -Justice Kavanaugh

The world I'm trying to love / is all teeth and need Maggie Smith

Todd Dillard takes me out at the knees again and again, and it's just what I needed pretty much every single time.

Beautiful

Thank you to Wendy Lesser for making a spot for "Being and Time" (my poem, not Heidegger's treatise) in Threepenny Review. Extra happy because my poem gets to hang out with one by @toddedillard.bsky.social.

#BeTheLight in a sea of darkness. Good night. Love and light to all of you! 💙✨ Artist: René Magritte Empire of Light (L'empire des lumières)

Thank you, @gunpowderpress.bsky.social's Anacapa Review & guest editor @gyatchisin.bsky.social, for making a spot for slightly embarrassing but joyful poem. Thank you, Sarah Byker James, for making me more adventuresome, which is not quite to say brave. xo

Jane’s a good poet, y’all.

Issue 3 contributor Jane Zwart has a debut collection coming out and it's now available for pre-order!

Love this, @janezwart.bsky.social ❤️

Are you stuck in back-to -school teacher PD? Me too! Pre-order Jane's book while some keynote speaker talks about how important your job is!

I don't know how to untangle joy from all the rest. But here's a joy: my debut poetry book is coming out with Orison & it has a cover & I'm pretty sure my mom beat you all to pre-ordering it. But if you'd like a copy, that'd mean the world to me. Here's the link: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...

Hey writing kin 🧡 I'm very much hoping this year is my year for AWP, but wondering if there are any opportunities to read or panel-participate left & would be grateful for any nudges.

📅Monthly reminder: The Circle is always open. Send one poem. No fees, no themes, quick turnaround. Full guidelines: stonecirclereview.com/submissions-.... #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #CallForSubmissions #LitMag Photo by Willian Chan on Unsplash

“I feel the pull of the earth on every valve of my breath and hunger.” Jane Zwart #poetry

Thank you for this poem, @janezwart.bsky.social

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Having this poem out in the world is a little intimidating. But mostly I feel grateful for all this being & becoming, for my parts and my dear ones' and my therapist. And for the folks, especially Keetje Kuipers, who made room for this poem in Poetry Northwest.

#Scape #EastCoastKin 日の入り #art #photo #photography #sunset #clouds #sky #cityscape ©️skinskin

- arrival of the birds -

Vladimir Nabokov Toni Morrison Thomas Hardy Don DeLillo Salman Rushdie David Mitchell Zadie Smith Christian Wiman William Faulkner Suzan-Lori Parks

Justin Wolfers, University of Michigan, econ faculty--not word-for-word (because from memory) but close: "Well, if you're not comfortable calling it a trade war, I suppose you could call it a trade invasion."

I am smitten with this beautiful anthology, Ensnaring the Moment, edited by Leah Ollman and published by saintlucy books. And almost bewildered to have a poem (originally published in Poetry) in such gorgeous company.

swoon (as always) with me at this @janezwart.bsky.social poem

What an atmospheric, ponderous poem by @janezwart.bsky.social.

#poemoftheday is this gem from @stonecirclereview.bsky.social : "When a Stranger Made You Feel Loved" by @janezwart.bsky.social "There is something about trying not to be seen needing help and being seen." stonecirclereview.com/when-a-stran... #poetry

A new Jane Zwart poem!!! (...names / and new names, nucleotides and years)

A generalization? Yes. But the evidence is far far far from anecdotal, and so many of us are furious, and so many of us are sad, and so many of us will have less (health care & dignity & money & liveable futures) so that so few of us can have more. Down with the selfish. Up with the shared world.

@janezwart.bsky.social never disappoints ❤️❤️ beautiful beautiful poem

Thank you, @leepottspoet.bsky.social, for giving this poem a spot in @stonecirclereview.bsky.social. And thank you, Rachel Martin, for the conversation that set this poem in motion: Playing a game of 'Wild Card', actor Rob Delaney recalls a sweet childhood memory : NPR share.google/PzyzuMgsiZ2f...

“When at last we invent it, the Time Machine / won’t have any flash—not forward, not back—“ Today’s poem is Time Machine by Jane Zwart. Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-tim...

Thank you, dear ones, for making a spot for my poem & for your kindness to me.

Poets, get your manuscripts ready! Perugia Press’s annual prize opens August 1. Open to women poets, inclusive of all gender-expansive definitions of that term, who have not published more than one full-length collection. Full guidelines & submission info in linktree. Can’t wait to read your work!

Puerile evil is their brand.

“… The truth is in the dusk, we couldn’t tell where the bleeding heart ended and the angel's fishing rod began.” Flower Wars + 1 by @janezwart.bsky.social in Bracken www.brackenmagazine.com/issue-xiii/t...

Day off to a wonderful start thanks to two really wonderful poems. Such elegant craft that sets the words free, as all really fine poems do. Thank you for these, @janezwart.bsky.social --

“Almost always, the body knew what to do” I never don’t love a poem by @janezwart.bsky.social and here are two new great ones.

Love this set of tender, true poems by @janezwart.bsky.social in the new issue of Bracken. www.brackenmagazine.com/issue-xiii/t...