"At the First Ceasefire", aka "For Refaat", the first protest poem I wrote for #Gaza, Dec. 2023. The last two lines borrow from Refaat Alareer's final poem, "If I Must Die". 2 1/2 years of this ongoing genocide. #poetry #writing #poetrysky #Palestine #protest #poem #poetrycommunity

Probably irrelevant and unwanted, but I think it's wonderful being able to spot actual buildings in this cover. I recognize NYC's Solow Building, 70 Pine St., and Woolworth Building in the skyline.

sometimes i open my mouth

"Elegy for Renee Good". Wrote in February, got my final publisher's rejection today. Just bc no one'll publish angry poetry doesn't mean it's worthless. Too long for alt text, read it here: www.writerscafe.org/writing/sea2... #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writing #poem #ReneeGood #protest

Despite the ruse of a ceasefire, the Gaza genocide is still ongoing, and these protest poems from two years ago are sadly still relevant: aboutplacejournal.org/issues/shapi... #gaza #palestine #genocide #israel #news #world #war #poetry #poetrysky #poems #writing

"Consider", my longest poem, an homage to Allen Ginsberg's "Howl". Published in Creation Magazine, Summer 2024 issue. Too long for alt text, but can be read in full here: www.poetry.com/poem/254353/... #poetry #poem #poetrysky #poetrycommunity

Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

“What are we left with at the end? / A murdered dictionary and field” — Omar Sakr . . . This poem appeared in The Nightmare Sequence by Omar Sakr, published by Nightboat Books, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.

Once again thinking about Omar Sakr's Bluey in the Genocide. All art is political. You cannot pretend it's not because it makes it easier for you to digest. To pretend. Someone's political view is in everything you see in one shape or another. It's unavoidable.

Here's my offering for this week's #poemsabout on #gravity. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk / @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt! Looking forward to reading everyone elses! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity

“I know I’m American because when I walk into a room something dies.” #SundaySentence from “Fuck Your Lecture on Craft, My People Are Dying” by Noor Hindi (@noorhindi.bsky.social) Via Read a Little Poem on Facebook. @readalittlepoem.bsky.social #SmallPoemSunday #Poetry #NationalPoetryMonth #poem

The Strokes played Coachella against a backdrop listing all the world leaders that had been assassinated by the CIA, a count of the number of universities bombed in Iran, and footage of the bombing of the last university in Gaza

Hats off to The Strokes at Coachella last night

"The Cruel War (Is Raging)", traditional folksong (attrib. to Civil War era), arranged and performed by Peter, Paul, and Mary, 1962 #music #tunes #folkmusic #traditionalmusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwKS...

I've joined poetry.com and hellopoetry.com! My accounts can be found here: www.poetry.com/user/459354/... And here: hellopoetry.com/@nomdelamer #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommmunity

Trying to network with no contacts and build a profile on a site that doesn't give a rat's shit about you is like living that Sylvia Plath quote: "What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age." #poetry

Bsky says I have 40 followers, but I counted the ones it shows me and only 28 are listed. What's up with that?

Haiku by my father: orange carp lost in the reflection red maple leaves - George Klacsanzky #haiku #poetry #poem

Excited to share a short story of mine called Monologue is in the most recent issue of Baffling Magazine: www.bafflingmag.com/issue-fourte... It's in very good company, as the other stories in the issue are magnificent. Give the whole thing a read! www.bafflingmag.com/issue-fourteen

morning dew a single tear on the pumpkin's cheek #Haiku #poetry #poetrysky #writesky #micropoetry #nature #dew #pumpkins

"I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand" Simon & Garfunkel - Bleecker Street Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964) #music #tunes #folkmusic #60smusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcXo...

Poems by Nizar Qabbani (aka Nizar Kabbani), translated by Bassam K. Frangieh and Clementina R. Brown, in the book "Arabian Love Poems" #poetry #poetrysky #favoritepoems #Arabicpoetry #Arabic

A very old poem I've rewritten and rewritten for almost three years, inspired by the Arabic love poetry of Nizar Qabbani. Too niche to get published, so I'm posting it here. Full poem in alt text. #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writing

Article posted on Twitter: "Gaza families try to save their children from suicide". Zionists spewing hate in replies are promoted, while replies from pro-Palestine accounts are hidden as "probable spam". Despicable. #Gaza #Palestine #Israel Original article: www.newarab.com/news/gaza-fa...

Wrote this poem a week ago in honor of a long-term friendship that ended last month. Copied the rhythm + melody of Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice" but only used two of his lines, wrote the rest myself. I know no one will publish it so I'll post it here. Poem's text in alt text. #poetry #poetrysky

Getting a lot of rejections that say "We're grateful to have read your work but we won't be publishing any of it" lately :/ #poetry

Should I post the elegy I wrote for Renée Good here on SocMed? I don't know any magazines that would publish it quickly, before it becomes irrelevant. #poetry #poetrysky

I was impressed with the quirky originality of this short story: "Clearance Aisle" by Nicholas Grider #writing #writingsky dishsoap-quarterly.com/2-24-26 "Guys are ride or die for the categorical imperative. Guys wanna know whether this goes with this and this goes with that. What works. And..."

Days of Heaven (full movie), dir. Terrence Malick, 1978. Gorgeous and lyrical, a visual poem, this is one of the great films of the 20th century. Currently free to watch on YouTube. #cinematography #cinema #films #movies #DaysofHeaven #TerrenceMalick www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVbF...

I loved this poem featured in The Blood Pudding: "Anne Sexton in Harlem" by Alec Matthew #poetry #poetrysky #favoritepoems thebloodpudding.com/poetry/anne-...

W H Auden (1939) responding to the rise of fascism The final couplet is brutal and brilliant The juxtaposition of laughing & crying, his tears are not empathy but triggers of violence Not naming the tyrants make this feel less like history, more like prophecy #poetry #poemoftheday #AntiFascist

Latin-American folk music is one of my great joys. El Exiliado del Sur (The Exile from the South) - words by Violeta Parra, music by Patricio Manns (lyrics in comments) #music #tunes #Chile #1970s #folkmusic #Latinmusic #worldmusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV0q...

We are officially entering a “Global Water Bankruptcy”. The UN has announced that we will start running out of clean water (drinking, cooking, showering, dishes, laundry, etc.) in the next few years. I just want to say that we HAVE the technology to turn seawater into potable water.

Tulipa Ruiz - Efêmera #music #tunes #Brasil #Latinmusic #2010smusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo8G...

"The Summer of Black Widows", by Sherman Alexie #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #NativeAmerican

My father worked in the Belfast Shipyard. My grandfather too, he helped build the Titanic As a boy I remember him coming home soaked, standing in front of the fire, steam rising off him I wonder were there days, before I came along, when my mother greeted him like the poet #poetry #poemoftheday

Michael Hartnett's Irish woman is a metaphor for Ireland A political elegy addressing the loss of culture, language & tradition. It isn’t nostalgia, it’s evidence The line ‘I loved her from the day she died’ pulls you up before he moves into the final 6 perfect images #poetry #poemoftheday

I'm currently in a dry patch, I've received a lot of rejections lately, but I'm still submitting my poetry to everyone who seems a good fit, so hopefully I'll have more published work to share in a few months... #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

source: x.com/Terrilltf/st... #Genocide #Palestine #Gaza #Bsky

Translation of the Chinese comment: "Revolution begins with yourself. An egg broken from the outside is food; broken from the inside, it's new life." source: x.com/jokieliu/sta... #politics #Epstein #quotes #quotable #quotations #USA #China

#Epsteinfiles #Epstein #pizzagate #HRC #Obama

Was expecting Trump and the Clintons in the Epstein files, was not expecting George Bush senior in them. What the one account reports about him is demonic.

office plant leaning toward the exit sign #haiku #poetry

"The Color of Pomegranates" by Sergei Parajanov is making the Twitter rounds today. I want to recommend the equally dazzling "The Eve of Ivan Kupalo", directed by Parajanov's protégé Yuri Ilyenko, which you can watch in full on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cD-... #movies #fullmovies #Ukraine

Four poems of mine have just been published by Eunoia Review @eunoiareview.bsky.social ! Thank you! #poetry #writing #poetrycommunity #poetrysky #poem

Pentimento (3) (truth: the numbers are not to be read aloud) Heads (lies): 1. It is day now. 2. My family is Irish. 3. My siblings and I have Irish names for this reason. 4. It is bright out. 5. Shelter dogs make good pets. 6. Airplanes are statistically the safest way to travel. 7. The knife drew…

Pentimento (2) Two lies: The knife slips by accident and draws no blood. Sean Eaton is a poet from New England, USA. Past publication credits include Eunoia Review, Hawaiʻi Pacific Review, ANMLY, and About Place Journal.

Pentimento (1) What can be stated: I vividly recall the first time I flew. The plane tipped up backward, and my chair wanted to break free from its boltings and fall into the tail. I thought I wouldn't survive until we leveled out. I was six; they gave me a plastic pilot's badge with an adhesive…