My wife says I remind her of James Bond. I’m not good at following orders, I’m emotionally dead, and she’d like to see the role go to Idris Elba.

My “walk” is unlike any I’ve known before. What began as a simple invitation to gather in prayer became an invitation to be gathered myself. I did not enter this season seeking to write another collection of #poetry. I entered seeking God —the poems found me. Support artwork ⤵️ ko-fi.com/s/0caeed650f

So excited for this! 💙 Looking forward to the conversation. #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetryReading

Can’t wait!

Announcing our 2026 Omnidawn Poetry Open Book Contest! Judge: Julie Carr Prize: $3000, publication and 20 author copies Dates: July 1 to August 16 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific Fee: $30 per entry omnidawn.submittable.com/submit We look forward to reading your best work!

Whoever drew this, they are right on the money. This is the truth. They divide us and then they conquer. It has worked for them for years they will never stop doing it unless we all team up together against them.

Analog is the new nerd culture.

Happy to return to Ptown, at least in the virtual sense. 🌊 This Oct., I'll be teaching *Writing About Mom Again?*, a 4-week online workshop through the Ptown Fine Arts Work Center exploring formal poetry, obsession, memory, & revision. Sign up: fawc.org/fawc-online/.... #FAWC #PoetryWorkshop

I don’t know…There is with a freaking cigar in his mouth talking about how women have penis, envy…😭

It should be a crime and he should be be impeached for wasting and using our hard earned tax dollars on a war HE started. He should have to use his own damn money!!!🤬

"The mere existence of trillionaires is a major political and economic problem, probably the defining issue of our time," writes @gabrielzucman.bsky.social. "When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life and death."

A novel but accurate description

Michelle Obama appreciation day!! ❤️

A pet dog just adopted from a shelter reacting to being kissed.❤️

This is just to say I have tossed the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for next week Forgive me they were deleterious so fuzzy and so spoiled

🚨This post contains footage of a Greek girl dancing.🚨 Publication day requires sacrifice. After years of writing, revising, waiting, and wondering, PULSE is officially out! Some friendships may not survive this video. I accept that risk. Order here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

I sure did! Thank you for reading.

New pantoum up at @literaryhub.bsky.social. Thank you, Jessie Gaynor and team! lithub.com/expatriates-.... #poem #poetry #rhymingpoems #rhymingpoetry

So grateful for this review by Rick Christiansen in @northamerreview.bsky.social. Read here: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2....

See you Thursday with @saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social! #poetry #poem #poets.

I miss having a President of the United States.

I’m gonna post this video every day so we NEVER FORGET what Donald Trump did to the USA on Jan 6th

Here’s a Friday writing prompt from Perugia Press, drawn from the poetry collection TWO MINUTES OF LIGHT by Nancy K. Pearson. Find more prompts, sample poems, and discussion questions in our reading companions, and check out Pearson’s book and others in our bookshop (linktree in bio).

Uh, so this just happened. ❤️ Did YOU get your PULSE today from @omnidawn.bsky.social ? If yes, please post, tag me, and use #marianazos!! Let's trend, babee. 😎 If not, order it now: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #poetry #poems #poet

Three beautiful, carefully crafted poems by @marianazos.bsky.social at the bottom of this page - if you missed them, go back now; if you didn't, go back again!

You wouldn’t marry someone who lied to you like this. You wouldn’t be friends with someone who lied to you like this. You wouldn’t do business with someone who lied to you like this. You wouldn’t work for someone who lied to u like this. You’d want nothing to do with someone who lied to u like this.

See you Wednesday!

Wednesday, May 6, Carolina Hotchandani will join Maria Nazos to celebrate her book PULSE at Pageturners Lounge in Omaha at 6pm, along with Todd Robinson & Theodore Wheeler. @chotchandani.bsky.social @marianazos.bsky.social @omnidawn.bsky.social

See you in Omaha with @chotchandani.bsky.social of @perugiapress.bsky.social!

3rd Edition On Sale Now!

What can I say @karlajstrand.com?.. you made my whole entire day, and I believe in utilizing the entire English language. 😂

Thank you, @karlajstrand.com!

Holy mother of fucking fucks. Honored that PULSE, forthcoming from @omnidawn.bsky.social, was selected by @msmagazine.com for "Reads for the Rest of Us: The Best Poetry of 2025 & 2026," along w/ @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social and @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social: bit.ly/42t8LIq #poetry #poems

Would love you to come out and see me read with @chotchandani.bsky.social! #poetry #poetryreading

Here’s a Friday writing prompt from Perugia Press, drawn from the poetry collection NOW IN COLOR by Jackie Balderrama. Find more prompts, sample poems, and discussion questions in our reading companions, and check out Balderrama’s book and others in our bookshop (linktree in bio).

this weekend! Ottawa's current French-language poet laureate, and at least one former! // @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ;

This👇🏼. AOC is the only one stating it clearly and plainly. Do I have any faith that the American people will ever elect a woman president someday? No. I hope I’m proven wrong.

Slow. Clap. 👏

Pre-order your copy & get it on pub day — May 5 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804471...

Omaha friends: I'm reading w/Ted Wheeler, Todd Robinson, and @chotchandani.bsky.social, & DYING TO SEE ALL OF YOU, FINALLY. PS. WHY DOESN'T NE HAVE A FREAKING OMAHA-TO-LINCOLN SHUTTLE? 1 hour away feels like eternity. Move to Lincoln already, would you? #nebraskapoetry #omahaart #omahaartists

So glad to see someone so beautifully articulate what I think about almost every day….

hm. i have a short(ish) and rather odd project-based poetry manuscript (prose poems, mostly), seeking a home; suggestions?

A few moments from my recent Belletrist feature, along with something I have not shared here yet: the publication date for PULSE due from @omnidawn.bsky.social. Featuring a few recent favorites, including The Ugly Cry, Homeschooled, A Novel Idea, and more. 🤍 #PULSE #Belletrist #Poetry #Books

Thrilled my STACK is live on Belletrist.✨ Featuring work by two @haymarketbooks.org authors: Maya Marshall and @abitchislive.bsky.social. Check it out: www.instagram.com/reel/DW6_QiA... #Poetry #PoetryCommunity

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

🚨👇🏽THIS THIS THIS👇🏽🚨 This is your president America. He’s gonna get us all killed.

#PWPoetryPrompt: Explore themes of springtime, holiday consumerism, kitsch, iconic candy design, or childhood nostalgia in a Peep-inspired poem. #FromTheArchive: at.pw.org/TakeAPeep