Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "When Friends Ask If I’ll Ever Marry Again" by Michael Boccardo (@mboccardopoet76.bsky.social) stonecirclereview.com/when-friends...

happy #weirdpoemwednesday! ➰ feel free to share a weird poem you wrote, or one you love by another poet. “weird” defined however you like :) here’s a new one by me, a sonnet in which the letter “a” is likened to a mother kangaroo 🦘

From Danusha Laméris's book, Bonfire Opera: bit.ly/bonfireoperaBK #poem #booksky #writing

Honored to be asked to do it, and I hope I rose to the occasion. Pocket copies of the Constitution and Declaration go back more than a century, sometimes printed with other historical documents like Washington's Farewell Address. People were proud to carry them. Let that be so again.

AI is an abomination. I will die on this hill. Thank you, Shawn Smucker and @litbowl.bsky.social for this perfect message. SHINE supports #community #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #internationalcommunity #indiewriters #indiepublishers #creativesofsky

Something I found that really helps writers especially is to tell them you read their work. There is a friend of mine who thought their work went completely unread for ages, they had no idea, I would read every update of theirs no matter how small. I told them their work was important to me.

Very delicate H. "Seventy Times Seven" is almost crowded out by its more robust neighbors.

This one is so full of blooms!

A sprinkle of zinnias.

Unknown daylily. In real life it's much darker, almost brown.

For #weirdpoemwednesday, @tomsnarsky.bsky.social, here's View Out Her Window:

Data centers are literally changing the environment around them. A new study found they may be raising temperatures for miles around their facilities, harming plants, animals, and people alike. We deserve answers before more of these projects are approved across our state.

As unsentimental as I am about the USA, I feel very attached to the Statue of Liberty --

this may well be the defining joke of our era theonion.com/guy-who-suck...

How forthcoming shall I be? I started to say "honest" but honesty can exist without baring all the details, so forthcoming is more accurate. I am up at (1:30 am now) midnight making coffee because I do not want to be here, living with someone who is entirely untrustworthy and a chaos agent.

the news is never company hires 11,000 more people company hires 4,500 more people company hires 2,000 more people it's: company building data center in your town will temporarily hire 200 people brought from out of state staying at camp grounds because they aren't paid well enough to afford hotels

The InJust Department. Fuck them.

There's so much to say about this, but what is particularly striking is that the keynote speaker said absolutely nothing about using Claude to write his academic work until I intervened in the Q&A. It appears that he was not going to share this fairly important detail unless asked..

I am so utterly sick of this for us.

My favorite: "Kindly place that idea back where you found it."

it’s so funny that the president went to war with algae and lost

So the cleanout is no longer needed-/landlord (!) took care of that. BUT I DO need $600 by/before Friday for bills and living costs. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for reading.

🧵 just sad.

Finally made it to the poetry section of the Strand Bookstore; I’ve only been imagining this moment for twenty-two years.

Poetry lovers, Kyla Houbolt's (@luaz.bsky.social ) 'Mapless' launches one month from tomorrow! Stay tuned! #poetry #shinepoetry #poetrycommunity #indiewriters #indiepublishers

My debut collection, ABIDE, is now available for pre-order and has this dream of a cover with artwork by Jill Schwaiko and design by Nick Fedorchak of @ashlandpoetrypress.bsky.social. I get a little teary every time I look at it – can’t believe it’s real!

Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.

Apparently it’s Issa’s birthday! Read some #haiku to celebrate Thanks to @ginsbergpoem.bsky.social for clueing me in!

"Learn how to convert lawn to habitat gardens. From plant selection to design, prep to management, this lecture runs the gamut on empowering people to make landscape changes." Unlawning Our Landscapes by Adding Native Plants -- Cornell Lab of Ornithology www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmaP...

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Someone help me out. Eagle?

The was during their acclaimed performance of Waiting for Godot.

poets can have everything💚

I am reminded of the time when, after a car stopped short in the traffic circle in front of me, my then 3-year-old exclaimed from the backseat JESUS FUCKIN CHRIST.

I’d love to have a patron, need funding to go to the Amazon for research for my next book. Haha any offers?

Hmm. The US could have one with a banjo and saxophone?

Evergreen

Hoping for recommendations, not expecting to get much though. I am also a huge fan of Guy Gavriel Kay's novels. #booksky -- Anybody?

Need a new novelist. A series. I like my main characters to exhibit integrity in the face of challenges, and good dialog with lots of humor and some wisdom.... Most recently enjoyed all of Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire series. Pretty damn erudite for an old cowboy. Next? Crime, mystery, weirdos -- ?

Stunner. "Death's odder anarchy"....

I'm gonna get hoity for minute but not too toity, hopefully. I consider the main job of a #poet is observation. Even when I'm on break I'm still working. #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Authors #Poems #Poets

Plus, think of all the money you will save! #BookSky

Love this unpublished poem by Alejandra Pizarnik she dedicates to Janis Joplin to sing sweet and die soon no: to bark.

John Muir ~ naturalist, writer, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, environmentalist 🌲 🌿 🦎 #greenwitch #nature #forest #peace

In 2017, I had to abandon ship. I was lost at sea. Caribbean fishermen, in the dead of night, risked their safety to pull me out of the ocean. Ever since the first illegal boat strike, I've been haunted by the betrayal of our duty to render aid and what it means for the safety of life at sea.

I just passed a van that said PTSG on the side and my brain immediately read it as Post-traumatic Saint-Germain.

ontarioturtle.ca/get-involved... How to build nesting cover if you see eggs before the ravens do