NYC FRIENDS - I'll be on a program of poetry & performance w/the exquisite Eva H.D., winner of the Montreal Prize, and Charlie Kaufman (yes THAT Charlie Kaufman, writer Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and other cinematic masterpieces). Wed 11/19 • 8PM • Francis Kite Club on Ave. C

UNTAKEN BAND NAMES (Vol. 149) The Ramakins Edge of What Skinny Post Bang 8 Liz Grief and the Motorcade #untakenbandnames

Fascism isn't politics. What happened yesterday was horrific, bon't let the proximity of yesterday's horror sane-wash a white supremacist who stoked racism, homophobia, misogyny, and white genocide panic, and advocated for a trans genocide. Or in the words of Warren Zevon, "Don't let us get stupid."

UPDATE from the Department of Government Haiku: Presidential art: a girl with high breasts, no arms, a cunt named Donald We have certain things in common, said Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. This has been an update from the Dept. of Government Haiku— serving all your government haiku needs.

Hey @nytimes.com: How 'bout not granting anonymity for pure bullsh*t?

Bogus Ukraine Summit (in 2 parts) 1) Trump wants to deflect from the Epstein scandal, and he wants Putin’s help in destroying the US election system. Putin wants all of Ukraine. That’s what they talked about in Alaska.

UNTAKEN BAND NAMES (Vol. 148) Chronic Roses Shrug Strange New Hole Spartan Madball Alice Doesn’t Care #untakenbandnames

UNTAKEN BAND NAMES (Vol. 147) Hello Pablo Iggy Nobel The Go Tarts Bunklord Orth #untakenbandnames

Everyone should be making noise about this huge media scandal in the New York Times. While Trump makes money off of frivolous lawsuits against CBS, ABC, etc, the Times is getting away with an anti-Mamdani hit job fed to them by a far right ‘race science’ guy, who they kept anonymous!

My op-ed in today's LA Times is part rant, part plea, part love letter. (This link gets you past the paywall: archive.ph/K2vs3)

FREE for WRITERS • "Lunch Hour Write-In" • Led by Diana Goetsch • Wed. 5/28@12noon ET • Write like hell, let it rip, share or not share, and hang with other writers • open to anyone FREE OF CHARGE at the Zoom link below. Join us & spread the word. us02web.zoom.us/j/8837736574...

THIS JUST IN from the Department of Government Haiku: This is just to say We took the cold plums away In an unmarked van

UNTAKEN BAND NAMES (Vol. 146) Them Thar Cherryborn Bleeding House Ryan and the Rewrites Future Spaniards #untakenbandnames

Hello.

This was fun. Thank you Chris Kingsley, Dave Hull, and the Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, for keeping the poetry torch burning.

If you're somewhere near Tompkins Corners, NY (where's that?!) this Sunday@3pm, come see me read. www.tompkinscorners.org/poets-corner...

FASCIST PROPAGANDA @ NYT This story elevates "Great Replacement Theory" without ever naming it. Also no mention of white supremacy, though every source for the piece was a person or org arranged around white genocide panic—anti-immigrant, anti-queer, anti-IVF, & pro-white women home having babies.

Project 2025 = 1933 Germany

WRITING HEAVEN I'll be teaching two July workshops at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival (one in poetry, one for all genres; see links in thread). Treat yourself to a piece of heaven in Iowa City, the epicenter of American writing. [Space is limited.]

I take this personally. My dad volunteered while imprisoned at Heart Mountain. He believed in a united front against facism. He was the only one of his squad to survive the war. The 100th was feted in deep red Texas by survivors of the Lost Battalion rescue, a heroic story now buried as “woke DEI”

Letter to my senator…

THIS ALL DAY For anyone wondering about where to get their news & what stories most matter, might I suggest an 11-minute solution to that problem for today? Democracy Now's Amy Goodman is RIGHT THERE, giving a mic to demonstrators before and during their arrests. www.democracynow.org/2025/3/14/jv...

TRUMP CAN BARELY READ Trump is learning disabled (as the cast of SNL saw at the table read when he was guest host). Watch tonight’s speech, and notice how he goes robotic, and sways side to side for comfort, whenever he's on the teleprompter, alternating with full bluster when he improvises.

THIS JUST IN from the Department of Government Haiku: MTG’s boyfriend wears a suit and tie to wash her Nazi panties This has been an update from the Dept. of Gov’t Haiku

That was staged. After Trump shit himself in the Oval 2x in 2 days days—Macron & Starmer easily outclassing & exposing him as a liar & an idiot—WH advisers weren't about to have this happen a third time. So they called in baby Hitler to do the talking & bait Zelensky. But it didn't work.

I don't have words for the -- censorious, fascist racist overreach happening here, besides ABSOLUTELY THE FUCK NOT IN MY NAME

THIS JUST IN from the Department of Government Haiku: Shadows on K Street from a castrated giant The Washington Post This has been an update from the Dept. of Gov't Haiku

THIS IS WHAT FASCISM LOOKS LIKE Bezos is wrecking The Washington Post the way Musk wrecked Twitter. And like Musk, he doesn't care how many subscribers he's about to lose.

"STATES RIGHTS" IS HOW AMERICA DOES FASCISM The idea that a person's civil rights in one state could differ from their civil rights in another is an idea as old as slavery.

Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court

Civil disobedience is often necessary. Thank you Chris Kluwe.#civil disobedience

Presidents Day, Union Square, NYC

THIS JUST IN from the Dept. of Government Haiku: White South African gives the Nazi salute at his inauguration

"Republicans use sports as a gateway drug to spread trans hate." – Diana Goetsch (from my op-ed in today's LA Times)* *Read for free here: archive.ph/lRD1b

THIS JUST IN from the Dept. of Government Haiku: Gulf of Mexico will rise up and swallow you, orange sharpie man

THIS JUST IN from the Department of Government Haiku: New Pentagon chief passed out drunk, in uniform, in a strip club. This has been an update from the Dept. of Gov't Haiku.

Well here's a joyful crew. Baron looks like an alcoholic monk in an oil painting. Melania looks like she's auditioning for a wax museum version of Cabaret. Ivanka looks like she was raped by her father.

Gotta love it.

UNTAKEN BAND NAMES (Vol. 145) Overtruth Helen Highwater Jesus of Paraguay Dome of Mayo Mercycide #untakenbandnames

My op-ed in today's @sfchronicle.com www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

I've got three new poems in the Winter 2024 issue of The Glacier. I think they're about witnessing, and time travel, but you tell me. My thanks to David Dodd Lee and the hard working staff at The Glacier. theglacierjournal.com/issue-three/...

Yep: US legacy news sources are sane washing Trump's outrageous threats to take over sovereign countries. The pre-surrender of mainstream media (including ABC, CNN, WAPO, LAT, MSNBC) to the Trump regime is a huge story—but who's going to cover it??

Tuning in… www.c-span.org/video/?54017...

Resharing this since I have more followers now. Ten useful articles on the 2024 election. All free, all in one place: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/ten-articl...