hello the first poem I took to my first workshop has been accepted into the afterlife. you can read it here www.thefourthriver.com/o16-poetry/2...

hello the first poem I took to my first workshop has been accepted into the afterlife. you can read it here www.thefourthriver.com/o16-poetry/2...

“Why be ashamed of reusing your own phrases? Monet didn’t paint only one haystack.” -- Monica Youn

I'm in a climate literature and film class where we've discussed at length the LITERAL POISON that AI usage is responsible for. And the professor's assignment prompts are written by AI. What the fuck are we doing?

man

it's my birthday so all journals have to publish me that's the rule

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

This is what oligarchy looks like: If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break. If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry. Obscene.

today is a day of my life: i just looked up how many hyphens in an em dash for the first time at (nearly) 32

I eyeballed it. Okay, turns out it's nearly *half* of Senators got fewer votes than Mamdani.

From Jay Hopler's book, Still Life, which was released shortly after he passed in 2022. The beauty and wonder with which he explored and faced his illness have stunned me ever since. Published by @mcsweeneys.net. #poem #booksky #writing

thinking of him (its mid 20-30s and impossibly hot C.K Williams)

I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-) he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit

There is enough money and resources in the world to feed and house everyone. Nothing will convince me otherwise.

Larry Levis

big fan of this one

thinking about him (it's the archaic torso of Apollo)

"In Chains" by the ol WCW

Frank Stanford

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

“To our family and the church, we are invisible.” What a powerful flash, like from a muzzle.

got chills today from this amazing Nathan Fako micro https://www.havehashad.com/iuwav

Ok I screwed up the first time I tried to post--but! Pretty cool to have a piece in HAD this morning. Thanks @jlyocum.com and @havehashad.com www.havehashad.com/hadposts/unl...

Ok I screwed up the first time I tried to post--but! Pretty cool to have a piece in HAD this morning. Thanks @jlyocum.com and @havehashad.com www.havehashad.com/hadposts/unl...

this poem fucking rocks

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

This is a huge scandal, one of the worst in modern law enforcement and something that is astoundingly unconstitutional and illegal.

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

my mfa thesis has gone from 130+ pages to 80ish... now down to 51. fishing quarters out of the change jar. looking for geodes in the ball pit.

real

my body is a machine that turns creativity into tiered rejections

A sniper missed all the ICE agents and instead killed detainees to send an *reads notes again* anti-ICE message. They know they are untouchable at this point because...what?

Just finished this book and. Wow. @riverriverbooks.bsky.social The way the poems shift their language in a parallel gesture to the ever changing photographs. So good!

Teachers! We need your words (now more than ever)! Send us your poems, CNF, and stories. We want your protests, your triumphs, your adoration, and your care. porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit

not going to worry about the rapture unless Waffle House closes

Newest and most important poem yet ✨ beavermag.org/meagan-chand...

not a bad sound for this friday today, coltrane covered by the all timer www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_rb...

GM 🖤 It's only Tuesday. Plenty of week left to channel the energy of the Chihuahua who joins the wolf pack

WHAT'S BETTER THAN @therumpus.net OPENING FOR ESSAY SUBMISSIONS??? Well, a few things, tbh, but still.... #RumpusEssays therumpus.submittable.com/submit

Happy to have a poem in the current WRR :)

Since I live in a place without colorful leaves or colder weather to make it feel like fall, our fall issues are my favorite harbingers of the season. This Fall 2025 issue is full of earnest language and surprising humor, and these pieces are packed with autumn. www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-40

Happy to have a poem in the current WRR :)

Issue 43.2 is officially here! Thank you to all our brilliant contributors for trusting us with your words—we can't wait to share them with the world. 🌾

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

"you encounter another human being's struggles and successes in describing the world or their heart or a particular time and place in words, and that contact, even through the medium of black ink on white paper, even across continents and centuries, is human and humane." Great read

It's September 1st, and you know what that means...MAR invites you to participate in our second annual Submission September BINGO! 📖 If you're a mag with subs open or opening soon, drop a comment to let us know! 🌾 MAR is open and could fill several squares...Consider sending us your work!

just write stuff that no one will ever care about, forever

publisher Arthur Fifield's rejection letter for Gloria Stein's novel, Three Lives.