you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review

Winter sunrise through the snow-covered trees. Weekend in New England.

Mary Oliver agreeing with Walt Whitman on what a poem foundationally is.

February is the WEIRDEST WORD

I completely forgot to make a big deal about Stone Circle publishing its 300th poem last Sunday. You can easily search for and find links to every poem published since the little venture started on the index page: stonecirclereview.com/index/

Your little poems are important in serious times. And your little stories & drawings & your little tunes you’re making. Don’t stop creating!

🖼️ A Winter's Evening by Canadian artist Cyril Cox

Nancy Drew-ass headline

First time seeing a beaded cover. Non-fic for young readers.

Birdsong’s been shown to be more effective than meditation apps at alleviating stress, perhaps bc ‘prey’ birds only sing when there are no large predators nearby who might also snack on a human. Pause on this feathered boiled egg’s song if your brain feels like there’s a sabre-toothed wotsit nearby:

44 days till my debut novel IN THE DESERT is published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social but who’s counting? Equally excited and nervous. You'll buy a copy, won't you?

I think about this all the time: how many Black Rembrandts, female Einsteins, poor Shakespeares are lost, lost? We have no sense of the real amount of talent and beauty and genius in the world.

"Today’s poem feels to me like an invitation INTO poetry, into a space where the reader, or listener, can move freely," our host, @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in today's episode, number 1435. "I hope you find yourself welcome." Read "ars poetica, 2019" by Airea D. Matthews: bit.ly/49Pl4mR

My son, Indy, is doing another epic fundraising walk for Ukrainian refugees via @ukforunhcr.bsky.social. He is walking the 102-mile Cotswold Way in the depths of winter, photographing the Ukrainian flag in the changing landscape as he goes. He's already begun & will post updates regularly.

Okay, might as well get this started. It's January 1, which means, as I'm sure you all know, that there's a whole new bunch of characters who have entered the public domain. This time around, it's characters created in 1930. The following is a list of pulp & pulpy characters now in the p.d. 1/

if you send a micro submission to [email protected] by 11pm eastern today 12/31, i’ll send you a response before the new year. @identitytheory.bsky.social guidelines here: www.identitytheory.com/about/micro-...

Excited to start the new year with a CNF flash in the latest issue of the wonderful Prime Number Magazine. Happy 2026, friends.♥️ www.press53.com/issue-281-fl...

GOOD MORNING!!! It's a NEW YEAR, and that means it's a NEW OPPORTUNITY for you short fictioneers to find your book a home! We're now OPEN for your short story and flash fiction books. Our SS/FF editor @egreenberg.bsky.social + our fantastic SS/FF reading team are eager to read your book, so SEND IT!

If you’re a flash writer, please come join @smokelong.bsky.social’s The Village With All The Flash Writers. And make sure you read the inimitable Zach Doss’s story on which the name of this new community is based. I’ll link it in the thread.

OKD is open again for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: buff.ly/chQ4jpz Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.

A key to conquering my teacher scaries is celebrating the days I still have. Four day weekend!!

Well that's me weeping then So lovely

Some of you have lost the true meaning of Christmas: Destroying your closest friends and family at trivia games.

And here's my Christmas tree. May we all find whatever gives us solace and helps us move ahead.

I honestly think Santa handled himself very well here 😆

This is truly lovely.

The hooman babies are home from college and one of them made a gingerbread AT-AT. 🤗✨🍪🎄

I refuse to go back to the store for one more @!&$*# thing, so we’re getting creative with the wrapping

happy holidays everyone

what rough grinch slouches towards Whoville

"Where work injuries are common and medical care is stretched far too thin, where centuries of extractive industries have taken out timber and coal and left behind broken infrastructures and folks of limited means, these companies found one more lucrative thing to harvest: our pain." -B. Kingsolver

a love that dares rip / open the chest to see what goes on singing. Dean Young

For those of you with pets and who observe, may I suggest my accidental stroke of brilliance, the Out of Reach Deconstructed Advent Wreath. Gaudete!

Love coming home from a meeting to see this. 😻

I’m hanging out with the gorgeous new issue of Harvard Review this morning! Love this lit mag!

🧶: #smallpoemsunday (cc: @tomsnarsky.bsky.social)

You want to know what evil is? This.

Our Fall 2025 issue holds remarkable voices, and we want to bring readers a little closer to the people behind them. We have begun featuring interviews with our contributors, including Angela Townsend, whose piece “Write Until You Pray” appears in the issue. Find it at: www.broadripplereview.com

Or, as @caseystegman.com notes, THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy

I mean I know things are bad, Speedway, but I don't know if we're at the point of a post-conflagration bartering system

About as spicy as I get is upending my cinnamon diffuser while getting the consonant blend chart out from under a bunch of books. My lips are literally tingling FROM THE AIR

With coffee, milk of your choice, Monin sugar free dark chocolate syrup and a miniscule dash of real peppermint extract, you too can support unionization this holiday season. :)

Han's getting the recognition they deserve in Peroty 😆😆😆

I had the good fortune of being in the room for this conversation between the brilliant Hanif Abdurraqib and my equally brilliant colleague Prof Matthew D. Morrison. Could not recommend it more highly. Just a stunning conversation. Watch it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp7L...

The good news: I put a lot of thought and effort into your gift. The bad news: It will look like it was wrapped by an angry toddler.

♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”

Someone out there directing photoshoots for poets: now sip this slightly off milk, and whatever you do, don’t look directly at the camera

I want to make ponche navideno for the entire middle school, and I have no idea how and no time, but I have learned you just have to FAAFO the creative teaching stuff you want to happen.

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Travelled home 2. Napped 3. Read a book (on a Ruth Rendell kick atm) 4. Chatted to a stranger about wassailing 5. Did laundry

It took three days but thr Tiger is OUT!