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I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: Iowa can go suck three dry fucks.

Today's poem is "The Folk Songs of North America" by Ann Hudson from Subtraction Isn't Always Less Subscribe and you'll hear the poet from your inbox! www.versedaily.org/2025/thefolk...

Come join me for LOVE IS ALL THE RAGE: ODES AND ANTI-ODES! In person at one of Evanston's finest bookstores, @bookends.bsky.social. 2/11 6-7:30pm, and registration includes a copy of Joshua Bennett's fabulous book, OWED. Can't wait to see you!

"To our dearest friends and family..." FALSE. While this letter was indeed sent to dear friends and family, it has been confirmed that the recipient list also included immediate neighbors, members of the PTO board, and Beth from work.

Join Liz Ahl @surlyacres.bsky.social, Nicholas Goodly, and me this Weds as we share poems and launch my new book. Sometimes the most courageous thing we can do is be together. Everyone welcome. Register HERE: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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I'd love to have you join me in this workshop on elegies. No experience necessary, but experienced poets welcome. Come as you are! (description and link follow) **Scholarship money is available, so please let me or Next Page Press know if cost is an issue and we'll be delighted to help out.**

A seasonal fave.

193 today (if near Amherst the museum is a must visit)

I’m a day late, but don’t leave independent literary journals like @rhinopoetry.bsky.social a dollar short. Donate what you can, whenever you can, to people who understand how much words matter. There are so many good publications and presses to support.

For those of us reading 🐑 📖 Three Bags Full…https://apple.news/AlbN59ZNzSu6ZqpRK_b-CwA

Read the first chapter of Three Bags Full last night before bed and definitely need to read that again by daylight. #BSBC 🐑📖

HOT TIP: Rhino's Founder's Prize submission window is still open! Last day to submit your work! (I know it says the deadline was yesterday, but we are human and I left the portal open and now have decided to embrace this as an opportunity. Open until midnight!)

Ilya Kaminsky, in Garth Greenwell’s “Still Dancing” interview in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine (2019)

Join us October 19th for Dayna Patterson, V.C. McCabe, and Elizabeth Sylvia! Register at the link! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

HEY POETS: Y'all should submit to our Founders' Prize! We're open until the end of the month. Also, if any of y'all know Patricia Smith well enough to coax her onto BlueSky, let her know I've got an invite code saved for her. (Superfan!) rhinopoetry.org/prizes

My husband just looked over at me and said, “New Year’s fine, but I like the one where I get to atone for my many crimes.”

Oh boy oh boy—two weeks left to submit to our Founder's Prize! rhinopoetry.org/prizes

The National Eating Disorders Association laid off its entire helpline staff, 2 weeks after workers voted to form a union. Workers were replaced by an AI chatbot named Tessa, which didn't work. Instead of rehiring, NEDA shut down the helpline. AI union busting is here. From Elizabeth Meisenzahl: